Liparis viridiflora (Blume) Lindl.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 162

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Liparis viridiflora (Blume) Lindl. View in CoL , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 31, 1830

Basionym: Malaxis viridiflora Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. View in CoL : 392, 1825.

Homotypic synonyms: Leptorkis viridiflora (Blume) Kuntze, Revis. View in CoL Gen . Pl. 2: 671, 1891. Stichorkis viridiflora (Blume) Marg., Szlach. & Kulak, Acta Soc. Bot. Poloniae View in CoL 77: 39, 2008.

Heterotypic synonyms: Liparis longipes Lindl. , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 30, 1830. Leptorkis longipes (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 670, 1891. Cestichis longipes (Lindl.) Ames , Orchidaceae 1: 75, 1905.

Liparis spathulata Lindl. , Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 26 (Misc.): 81, 1840. Types :— INDIA. Without locality: Loddiges s.n. (syntype: not located); “BURMESE EMPIRE”. Without locality: Griffith 772 (syntype: K-LINDL; isosyntype: K).

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District : 26 Feb 2007, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL 2289 ( SING) ; same loc., 655 m, 4 Mar 2007, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL 2378 ( SING [s]); same loc., 500 m, 5 Nov 2016, Armstrong et al. 2230 ( NY) ; Myitkyina District : 1220 m, 29 Jan 1939, Kingdon-Ward 288 ( NY) , det. C. Schweinfurth; Mohnyin District : 500–800 m, 7 Dec 2016, Tagane et al. MY1114 ( TNS) , ident. uncertain. SAGAING. Hkampti District : 1375 m, 22 Nov 2017, Armstrong et al. 3193 ( NY) ; Katha District : 700 m, 30 Nov 1928, Sue Koe 7907 ( K, RAF) . MANDALAY. Pyinoolwin District : 21 Nov 1959, Win Shein 6335 ( RAF) , det. herbarium DD. SHAN. Unspecified: Bull 61 ( K) . AYEYARWADY. Pathein District : 6 Dec 1927, Kermode 7333 ( RAF) , det. herbarium K. BAGO. Taungoo District: Swinhoe 83 ( K) ; same loc., 150 m, 22 Dec 1926, Chin 4359 ( K, RAF). TENASSERIM. Parish 318 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 190; as Liparis longipes ) . MON. Thaton District : 20 Dec 1926, Ba Pe 4652 ( RAF) , det. herbarium DD; Mawlamyine District: Parish 101 & 153 ( K) ; same loc., 1859, Parish 180 ( K) ; same loc., 120 m, 15 Jan 1927, Parkinson 5042 ( K, RAF) . TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: 1867, Parish s.n. ( K) ; Myeik District: Helfer s.n., Kew Distr. 5075 ( K, NY) . NO DETAILED LOCALITY. Salween Valley : 180 m, 26 Nov 1928 , Chin 6017 ( K, RAF). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type; Helfer s.n., Kew Distr. 5076 ( K) ; Kingdon-Ward s.n. ( AMES) . Reported from Kayah and Kayin states by Kress et al. (2003: 82) and from Chin State by Saw Lwin (2007: 249), but we have not seen material from these areas.

Distribution:— Sri Lanka, India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southwestern and southern China, Taiwan and Malesia as far east as New Guinea.

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.

Parish, C. S. P. (1883) Order Orchideae. In: Mason, F. (Ed.) Burma, its people and productions, vol. 2. Botany. Austin & Sons, Hertford, pp. 148 - 203.

Saw Lwin (2007) Orchids. In: Lasi Bawk Naw. Traditions, beliefs and practices: links with nature conservation in Kachin State. Privately published, pp. 247 - 258.

Abbreviations

SING	Singapore Botanic Gardens
NY	William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden
C	University of Copenhagen
TNS	National Museum of Nature and Science
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
RAF	Forest Research Institute
DD	Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
AMES	Harvard University - Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium