Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 165

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Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. View in CoL Gen . Pl. 2: 673, 1891

Basionym: Dienia muscifera Lindl. View in CoL , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 23, 1830.

Homotypic synonym: Microstylis muscifera (Lindl.) Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. View in CoL 24: 333, 1888.

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District : 3355 m, 9 Jul 1926, Kingdon-Ward 7220 ( K) ; same loc., 3960 m, 7 Jul 1931, Kingdon-Ward 9758 ( BM) ; Myitkyina District : 2440−3050 m, 9 Jul 1914, Kingdon-Ward 1769 ( E) ; same loc., 3200 m, 20 Jul 1919, Farrer 1117 ( E) . Also reported from Chin State and Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 83), but we have not seen material from these areas.

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