Coelogyne prolifera Lindl.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 72

Coelogyne prolifera Lindl. , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 40, 1830

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

Heterotypic synonyms: Coelogyne flavida Hook. f. ex Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 10, 1854. Pleione flavida (Hook.f. ex Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 680, 1891.

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 72); Myitkyina District: 1280 m, 4 Jun 1929, Sue Koe 10028 ( K) . CHIN. Mindat District : 2135 m, 22 Apr 1926, Unwin 3099 ( E) ; same loc., 1220–1525 m, 2 May 1956, Kingdon-Ward 22194 ( BM) ; same loc., 1700−2030 m, 21 May 2004, Tanaka et al. 031001 ( MBK) ; same loc., 21 May 2004, Tanaka et al. 20040158 ( TNS [s]) ; same loc., 31 May 2004, Kobayashi 20040158 ( TNS [s]) ; same loc., 20 May 2007, Tanaka et al. 051153 ( MBK, TNS [s]) ; same loc., 2200 m, 24 May 2012, Fujikawa et al. 089203 ( MBK) . MANDALAY. Mandalay District: Swinhoe 40 ( K) . TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 72).

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

Coelogyne pulchella Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 194, 1898 . Type:— MYANMAR (‘ SE Asia’). Without locality: comm. & imp. s.n. (holotype: K)

Specimens examined:— SHAN. Taunggyi District: fide Nyan Tun (2014: 127; as C. prolifera ); same loc., Saw Lwin s.n. ( SING [s]) . KAYIN. Kawkareik District: Bogg s.n. in Maymyo Bot. Gard. 13527 ( K). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type.

Distribution:— Myanmar and southwestern China.

Notes:— There are also drawings and cultivated specimens preserved at Kew. In Myanmar the plants of this species are sometimes misidentified as C. prolifera , presumably following misidentification by Vaddhanaphuti (2001: 77).