Didymoplexis pallens Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 124

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Didymoplexis pallens Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. View in CoL 4: t. 17, 1844

Homotypic synonym: Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell., Contr. Phytogr. New Hebrides: 22, 1873.

Specimens examined:— TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: 220 m, 24 Mar 2012, Saw Lwin et al. TNRO 58 ( SING), ident. uncertain [fragment]; same loc., 28 Feb 2015, Kurzweil s.n., photo; Myeik District : Mar 1911, Meebold 14804 ( CAL), fide Misra (2004: 78). Also reported from Mandalay Region by Kress et al. (2003: 76), but we have not seen material from this area.

Distribution:— Afghanistan throughout tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia and the islands of the southwestern Pacific.

References

Kress, W. J., DeFilipps, R. A., Farr, E. & Yin Yin Kyi (2003) A checklist of the trees, shrubs, herbs, and climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1 - 590.

Misra, S. (2004) Didymoplexis pallens Griff., an uncommon saprophytic orchid from Orissa, India. In: Manilal, K. S. & Sathish Kumar, C. (Eds.), Orchid memories - a tribute to Gunnar Seidenfaden. Mentor Books, for Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy, Calicut, pp. 73 - 80.