Rhynchostylis retusa

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 218-219

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scientific name	Rhynchostylis retusa
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Rhynchostylis retusa View in CoL (L.) Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 286, 1825

Basionym: Epidendrum retusum View in CoL L., Sp. Pl.: 953, 1753.

Homotypic synonyms: Limodorum retusum View in CoL (L.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 80, 1799. Aerides retusa View in CoL (L.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799 (2): 233, 1800. Saccolabium retusum View in CoL (L.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 630, 1845. Gastrochilus retusus View in CoL (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 661, 1891.

Heterotypic synonyms: Saccolabium berkeleyi Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 19: 814, 1883.

Saccolabium blumei Lindl. , Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 27 (Misc.): 55, 1841. Gastrochilus blumei (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 661, 1891.

Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume var. major Sander , Sander’s Orch. Guide: 216, 1901 [as majus]. Saccolabium blumei Lindl. var. majus J.Linden , Pescatorea : t. 21, 1860. Type:— MYANMAR. Mon State: Mawlamyine District, without collector s.n. (not located).

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District : 1150 m, 11 Jul 1939, Kaulback 249 ( BM) ; Myitkyina District: Jun 1899, Mokim 6 ( AMES, BM, K, P) ; same loc., 3 May 2009, Kyaw Khaing 0080 ( TNS [s]) . CHIN. District not traced: 610 m, comm. 9 Oct 1923, Daun 17 ( K) ; same loc., 1525 m, comm. 9 Oct 1923, Daun 33 ( K) , det. E.A. Christenson; Mindat District: 29 May 2008, Yasuda 060047 & 060054 ( MBK) . MANDALAY. Pyinoolwin District : 915 m, 24 May 1913, Lace s.n. ( E) , det. R.A. Rolfe; same loc., 915 m, 31 May 1913, Lace s.n. ( E) , det. R.A. Rolfe; Myingyan District: 30 Jun 2002, Tanaka 20020502 ( TNS [s]) ; same loc., 27 May 2005, Khin Myo Htwe 032884 ( MBK) , fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 85); same loc., 30 May 2006, Tanaka 036102 ( MBK, TNS [s]) ; same loc., 31 May 2006, Tanaka et al. 036139 ( MBK, TNS [s]) . SHAN. Taunggyi District : fide Nyan Tun (2014: 398); same loc., 1 Jul 2019, Kim s.n., photo . KAYAH. Loikaw District: Tanaka et al. MY4904 ( TNS, photos seen) . RAKHINE. Kyaukpyu District: May 1945, Wallace 180 ( BM) . BAGO. Bago District: Reynaud s.n. ( P) . YANGON. Central part: 30 m, 12 May 1948, Po Khant 331 ( RAF) , det. herbarium DD. TENASSERIM. Parish 3 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 198) [as Saccolabium blumei ]. MON. Mawlamyine District : type . TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: May 1901, Mokim 742 ( AMES) .

Distribution:— Sri Lanka, India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southwestern China and western Malesia.

References

Nyan Tun (2014) Wild orchids of Myanmar. Daw Tin Tin Aye (Green Leaf Publishing House), Yangon, 479 pp.

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.

Tanaka, N., Yukawa, T., Khin Myo Htwe & Murata, J. (2015) An orchid checklist of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, ser. B, 41 (2): 69 - 89.

Abbreviations

BM	Bristol Museum
AMES	Harvard University - Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
P	Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants
TNS	National Museum of Nature and Science
MBK	Makino Botanical Garden
E	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
RAF	Forest Research Institute