Coelogyne fuscescens Lindl.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 69

Coelogyne fuscescens Lindl. , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 41, 1830

Homotypic synonym: Pleione fuscescens (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 680, 1891.

var. fuscescens

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: 1220 m, 30 Dec 1930, Kingdon-Ward 9079 ( BM), det. D. Clayton; same loc., 1525 m, 3 Dec 1937, Kingdon-Ward 13526 ( BM), det. D. Clayton. TENASSERIM. Fide Das & Jain (1980: 13); same loc., fide Clayton (2002: 183) .

Distribution:— The Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern China.

Note:— Records from Tenasserim are probably an error and likely refer to specimens cited under var. brunnea below.

var. brunnea (Lindl.) Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 11, 1854 Basionym: Coelogyne brunnea Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1848: 71, 1848 . Heterotypic synonyms: Coelogyne cycnoches C.S.P.Parish & Rchb. f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 147, 1874. Pleione cycnoches

(C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 680, 1891. Type:— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, 28 Apr 1871 ,

Parish 195 ( holotype: K; isotype: W-R 44646 ; icon. W-R 42310 ) .

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: 1525–1838 m, 16 Nov 1937, Kingdon-Ward 13466 ( BM), det. D. Clayton ; same loc., 610–915 m, 30 Nov 1953, Kingdon-Ward 21636 ( BM), det. D. Clayton ; Bhamo District: Bogg BG 21 ( K) . BAGO. Taungoo District: 245 m, Bogg s.n. in Maymyo Bot. Gard. 13520 ( K) . MON. Mawlamyine District: type; same loc., Parish 161 (icon. W). WITHOUT LOCALITY. 5 Jan 1927, Swinhoe K 73 ( K); Kingdon-Ward 13565 ( BM), ident. uncertain [material poor]. Reported from Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 70), but we have not seen material from this area.

Distribution:— Northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern China.