Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., C

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Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 326, 1907

Basionym: Orchis triplicata Willemet, Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 52, 1796.

Heterotypic synonyms: Limodorum veratrifolium Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 122, 1805, nom. superfl. Calanthe veratrifolia R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 9: t. 720, 1823, nom. superfl. Alismorkis veratrifolia Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 650, 1891, nom. superfl.

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District : 1295 m, 13 Jul 1953, Kingdon-Ward 21144 ( BM) . MANDALAY. Pyinoolwin District: 1220 m, Maung Sein 13501 ( K) ; same loc., 1065 m, Jul 1912, Lace s.n. ( E) , det. R. A. Rolfe; same loc., 1065 m, 14 Jul 1925, forest botanist 1554 ( K) ; same loc., 23 Mar 2003, Kuroiwa 20030132 ( TNS [s]); Myingyan District : 12 May 2005, Khin Myo Htwe 28 ( MBK [s], TNS), fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 73) . SHAN. Unspecified : Sep 1896, imp. Low s.n., cult. Hildebrand s.n. ( K) ; Taunggyi District: 1893, Abdul Khalil s.n. ( CAL) ; same loc., 20 Aug 2018, Kim s.n., photo; southern part: 8 Aug 1897, Hildebrand s.n. ( CAL) . TANINTHARYI. Dawei District : Feb 1920, Russell 1839 ( CAL) .

Distribution:— Tropical and subtropical Asia, Sri Lanka, India and eastwards into the Pacific.

Calanthe vestita Wall. ex Lindl. , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 250, 1833. Type:— MYANMAR. Tanintharyi Region: Dawei District , Wallich, Numer. List: no. 7345 (holotype: K-W)

Homotypic synonyms: Preptanthe vestita (Wall. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 8: 245, 1853. Phaius vestitus (Wall. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f., Gard. Chron. 1867: 264, 1867. Alismorkis vestita (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 650, 1891.

Heterotypic synonyms: Cytheris griffithii Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5 (1): 21, t. 1751, 1851. Type:— MYANMAR. Tanintharyi Region: Myeik District , Griffith s.n. (holotype: K) .

Calanthe vestita Wall. ex Lindl. var. rubra-oculata B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 65, 1862. Type:— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, without collector s.n. (not known).

Calanthe vestita Wall. ex Lindl. var. luteo-oculata H.J. Veitch ex B.S. Williams , Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 4: 106, 1871. Type :— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, cult. Williams s.n. (holotype: not located).

Calanthe vestita Wall. ex Lindl. var. turneri B.S.Williams, Orch. -Grow. Man., ed. 4: 107, 1871. Calanthe turneri (B.S.Williams) Rchb. f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 19: 274, 1883.

Specimens examined:— TENASSERIM. Helfer s.n., Kew Distr. 5275 ( K); same loc., Parish 20 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 196). MON. Mawlamyine District : types cited; same loc., 1839, Parish 217 ( K); same loc., Curtis s.n. ( SING); same loc., Feb 1898, Machado s.n. ( SING), det. P. J. Cribb. TANINTHARYI. Dawei District : type ; Myeik District : type .

Distribution:— Southern Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and Malesia as far east as New Guinea.

Note:— A plant identified as C. rubens Ridl. by Nyan Tun (2014: 89) is a colour form of C. vestita .