Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb.
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Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. View in CoL f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 764, 1852
Basionym: Phaius albus Lindl. View in CoL in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 85, 1831. var. alba Heterotypic View in CoL synonyms:? Thunia marshalliae B.S.Williams, Nursery Cat. (B.S.Williams) 1874: 31 View in CoL , 1874. Thunia marshalliana Rchb. View in CoL f., Linnaea View in CoL 41: 65, 1877. Phaius marshallianus View in CoL (Rchb.f.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 101, 1889.
Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. View in CoL f. var. marshalliana (Rchb.f.) B.Grant, Orch. Burma: 207, 1895. Type:— MYANMAR. Mon State :
Mawlamyine District, cult. Bull s.n. (holotype: W).? Thunia candidissima Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 4: 34, 1888. Phaius candidissimus (Rchb.f.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889:
101, 1889. Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. f. var. candidissima (Rchb.f.) B.Grant, Orch. Burma: 209, 1895. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality, cult. Lawrence s.n. (holotype: W).
Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Myitkyina District: Pottinger s.n. ( CAL) . CHIN. Falam District : 2285 m, 10 Oct 1910, Venning 47 ( K), det. J. J . Wood; Mindat District: 1924, Cooper 6068 ( E); same loc., 1220–1370 m, 6 Jun 1956, Kingdon-Ward 22320 ( BM); same loc., 8 Jun 2008, Yasuda 060102 ( MBK); same loc., 9 Aug 2008, Yasuda 060048 & 060049 ( MBK); same loc., 2200 m, 24 May 2012, Fujikawa et al. 089202 ( MBK) . MANDALAY. Pyinoolwin District: 1065 m, Jul 1912, Lace s.n. ( E), det. R. A . Rolfe; Myingyan District: 12 Jun 2005, Khin Myo Htwe 40 ( TNS [s]), fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 86); same loc., 1 Jun 2006, Tanaka et al. 036157 ( MBK), det. N . Tanaka . SHAN. Taunggyi District: 1370 m, 24 Jan 1957, Egerod B-18 ( K). TENASSERIM. Parish 378 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 196) . MON. Mawlamyine District : type. WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type. Reported from Rakhine State by Kress et al. (2003: 89) and from Putao District in Kachin State by Saw Lwin (2007: 256; as T. marshalliana ), but we have not seen material from these areas.
Distribution:— The Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, southwestern China and Peninsular Malaysia.
var. bracteata (Roxb.) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb , Edinburgh J. Bot. 58: 116, 2001
Basionym: Limodorum bracteatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 466, 1832.
Homotypic synonym: Thunia bracteata (Roxb.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 205, 1919.
Heterotypic synonym: Thunia venosa Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 13: 206, 1905.
Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Bhamo District: 165 m, Shwedaung Orchid Nursery 13572 ( K), ident. uncertain . BAGO. Taungoo District : without collector s.n. (not located, possibly K), fide Rolfe (1905: 206) .
Distribution:— India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, southwestern China and possibly Thailand.
Thunia bensoniae Hook. f., Bot. Mag. 94: t. 5694, 1868. Type:— MYANMAR. Yangon (possibly cultivated and origin unknown): ex Benson s.n. (holotype: K)
Homotypic synonyms: Phaius bensoniae (Hook.f.) Hemsl., Gard. Chron., n.s., 18: 565, 1882. Phaius albus Lindl. var. bensoniae (Hook. f.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 818, 1890. Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. f. var. bensoniae (Hook.f.) B.Grant, Orch. Burma: 208, 1895.
Heterotypic synonyms: Thunia bensoniae Hook. f. var. winniana H.J.Veitch, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 13, Proc.: cxiii, 1891. Thunia winniana L.Linden , Lindenia 8: 43, 1894. Phaius winnianus (L.Linden) Mottet, Dict. Prat. Hort. 4: 47 (1896–1897). Type:—ORIGIN UNKNOWN (probably Myanmar). Cult. Winn s.n. (not located).
Thunia bensoniae Hook. f. var. superba Sander , Sander’s Orch. Guide: 236, 1901. Type:— MYANMAR. Mon State: Mawlamyine District, without collector s.n. (not located).
Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Type. CHIN. Mindat District : 1180 m, 20 Jul 2013, Mu Mu Aung et al. 092604 ( MBK) . RAKHINE. Unspecified : fide Clayton (2017: 63) . YANGON. Unspecified : type. MON. Mawlamyine District : type; same loc., 1220−1525 m, Parish 199 ( K) .
Distribution:— Myanmar, Thailand and possibly northeastern India.
Note:— Also figured in Day’s Album 15, no. 69.
Thunia brymeriana Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 156, 1894 . Type :— MYANMAR. Upper part: Jun 1892, cult. Sander s.n. (holotype: K)
Homotypic synonym: Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. f. var. brymeriana (Rolfe) B.Grant, Orch. Burma: 209, 1895.
Heterotypic synonyms: Thunia marshalliana Rchb. f. var. ionophlebia Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 70, 1885. Thunia marshalliana Rchb. f. subvar. ionophlebia (Rchb.f.) H.J.Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. 6: 20, 1890. Type:—ORIGIN UNKNOWN (? Myanmar). Cult. Bull s.n. (holotype: W-R).
Thunia marshalliana Rchb. f. var. purpurata Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 4: 62, 1888. Phaius marshallianus (Rchb.f.) N.E.Br. var. purpurata (Rchb.f.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 101, 1889. Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. f. subvar. purpurata (Rchb.f.) B.Grant, Orch. Burma: 208, 1895. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality, cult. Brymer s.n. (holotype: W-R 3529).
Thunia marshalliana Rchb. f. var. triloba Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 4: 62, 1888. Phaius marshallianus (Rchb.f.) N.E.Br. var. triloba (Rchb.f.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 102, 1889. Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. f. subvar. triloba (Rchb.f.) B.Grant, Orch. Burma: 208, 1895. Type:—ORIGIN UNKNOWN (probably Myanmar). 1888, cult. Williams s.n. (holotype: W).
Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Types. UPPER MYANMAR. Type. WITHOUT LOCALITY . Type.
Distribution:— Endemic.
Notes:— Rolfe (1905: 206) considered this to be a natural hybrid between T. bensoniae and T. alba . Thunia brymeriana was first mentioned by Bohnhof (1892: 184) as being a hybrid taxon, but no description was supplied. The above synonymy follows Rolfe.
Thunia pulchra Rchb. View in CoL f., Flora 55: 276, 1872. Type :— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, Parish 5 (lectotype K, designated by Clayton 2017: 64)
Homotypic synonyms: Thunia xanthophlebia Rchb. View in CoL f. ex C.S.P.Parish in F.Mason, Burmah, ed. 4, 2: 167 & 196, 1883, nom. illeg. Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. View in CoL f. var. pulchra (Rchb.f.) B.Grant, Orch. Burma: 209, 1895.
Heterotypic synonyms: Phaius dodgsonii Dean, Fl. Mag. (London) , n.s., 1878: t. 329, 1878. Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. f. subvar. dodgsonii (Dean) H.J.Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. 6: 19, 1890. Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. f. var. dodgsonii (Dean) Stein, Orchid. -Buch: 572, 1892 (as dodgsoniana). Thunia dodgsonii (Dean) B.S.Williams, Orch. -Grow. Man., ed. 7: 727, 1894 (as dodgsoniana). Type:—‘EAST INDIA’ (probably Myanmar). Cult. Williams s.n. (holotype: not located).
Thunia mastersiana Kraenzl., Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 10: 420, 1891. Type:— MYANMAR. Mon State: Mawlamyine District, cult. Sander s.n. (holotype: not located).
Specimens examined:—? MYANMAR. Type. KACHIN. Putao District : fide Aung et al. (2020: 103) . RAKHINE. Unspecified: Berkeley s.n. ( K) . MON. Mawlamyine District : types .
Distribution:— Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Botanical Survey of India |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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University of the Witwatersrand |
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
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Bristol Museum |
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Makino Botanical Garden |
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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National Museum of Nature and Science |
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Nanjing University |
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Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb.
| Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi 2021 |
Thunia pulchra
| Clayton, D. 2017: 64 |