Habenaria marginata Colebr.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 146

Habenaria marginata Colebr. in W.J.Hooker, Exot. Fl. 2: t. 136, 1824

Heterotypic synonym: Habenaria promensis Lindl. , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 320, 1835. Type:— MYANMAR. Bago Region: Pyay District, Wallich, Numer. List: no. 7033 (holotype: K-LINDL; isotype: K-W).

Specimens examined:— SHAN. Taunggyi District : fide Aung et al. (2020: 87); southern part: Nov 1909, Micholitz s.n. ( K) . BAGO. Pyay District : type; same loc., Parish 225 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 201; as H. promensis ) .

Distribution:— India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand and southwestern China.

Habenaria masoniana King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat . Hist. 66: 601, 1897 [as massoniana]. Type:— MYANMAR. Shan State: Taunggyi District, 1893, Abdul Khalil s.n. (holotype: CAL)

Specimen examined:— SHAN. Taunggyi District : type .

Distribution:— Endemic.

Note:— The species is named after the Reverend F. Mason in whose book Parish published his treatment of Burmese orchids in 1883. The species name is misspelled ‘ massoniana ’ in the protologue.

Habenaria mientienensis Tang & F.T.Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 7: 134, 1936. Type :— MYANMAR. Mandalay: 305 m, 10 Dec 1926, native collector 3658 (holotype: K)

Specimen examined:— MANDALAY. Mandalay District: type. Distribution:— Endemic .