Holcoglossum himalaicum (Deb, Sengupta & Malick) Aver., Bot. Zhurn.

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Holcoglossum himalaicum (Deb, Sengupta & Malick) Aver., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 73: 432, 1988

Basionym: Saccolabium himalaicum Deb, Sengupta & Malick, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 22: 213, 1968.

Homotypic synonyms: Ascocentrum himalaicum (Deb, Sengupta & Malick) Christenson , Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 44: 256, 1987. Vanda himalaica (Deb, Sengupta & Malick) L.M.Gardiner, Phytotaxa 61: 50, 2012. Pendulorchis himalaica (Deb, Sengupta & Malick) Z.J.Liu, K.Wei Liu & X.J.Xiao , PLoS ONE 8 (4): 8, 2013.

Specimens examined:— UPPER MYANMAR. 1800−1950 m, Jan 1900, Mokim 13 & 71 ( CAL) . KACHIN. Putao District : 1830 m, Kingdon-Ward 7620 ( K) ; same loc., 1220 m, 29 Oct 1953, Kingdon-Ward 21528 ( BM) ; Bhamo District : Bogg BG 22 ( K) . SHAN. Taunggyi District : 1450−1620 m, 30 Nov 2008, Tanaka et al. 080131 ( MBK, TI) ; same loc., Saw Lwin s.n. ( SING [s]) .

Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas, northeastern India, Upper Myanmar and southwestern China.

Notes:— Molecular studies confirmed that this taxon is better placed in a broadly defined Holcoglossum ( Xiang et al. 2012) . It was previously treated as Ascocentrum himalaicum , Vanda himalaica and more recently as Pendulorchis himalaica . Christenson (1987: 256) listed Kingdon-Ward 18339 (NY) as being from Myanmar, but the locality is in Manipur, India.