Pholidota articulata Lindl.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 197-198

Pholidota articulata Lindl. , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 38, 1830

Homotypic synonym: Coelogyne articulata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6: 238, 1861.

Heterotypic synonyms: Pholidota griffithii Hook. f., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1881, 1889. Pholidota articulata Lindl. var. griffithii (Hook. f.) King & Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 147, 1898.

Pholidota obovata Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 845, 1890. Pholidota articulata Lindl. var. obovata (Hook.f.) Tang & F.T.Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 79, 1951.

Pholidota lugardii Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 6, 1893 . Type:— MYANMAR. Chin Hills: Lugard s.n. (holotype: K).

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: 1525 m, 23 Apr 1953, Kingdon-Ward 20704 (BM); same loc., 1220 m, 7 Jun 1953, Kingdon-Ward 20963 (BM), det. E.F. de Vogel; same loc., 1220 m, 7 Aug 1953, Kingdon-Ward 21238 (BM), det. E.F. de Vogel; same loc., 6 Mar 2007, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL 2448 (SING [s]). CHIN. Unspecified: type; Falam District: 1525−1830 m, comm. 9 Oct 1923, Daun 34 (K), det. G. Steehouwer & M. Kruk; same loc., 1890 m, 11 Apr 1938, Dickason 7429 (AMES, K); Mindat District: Swinhoe 34 (K), det. E.F. de Vogel; same loc., 1525 m, 7 Jul 1956, Kingdon-Ward 22454 (BM); same loc., 2410 m, 25 Apr 2003, Murata et al. 029680 (MBK); same loc., 2220 m, 28 Apr 2003, Murata et al. 029755 (MBK); same loc., 2300 m, 16 May 2004, Tanaka et al. 030606 & 030611 (MBK); same loc., 2400−2500 m, 16 May 2004, Tanaka et al. 030810 (MBK); same loc., 1550 m, 26 Feb 2007, Fujikawa 050124 (MBK); same loc., 15 May 2007, Tanaka et al. 051117 (MBK); same loc., 2350 m, 24 May 2007, Kuroiwa et al. 051190 (MBK); same loc., 8 Jun 2008, Yasuda 060011 & 060097 (MBK); same loc., 9 Aug 2008, Yasuda 060016 (MBK); same loc., 1400−1600 m, 26 Jun 2009, Tanaka & Yukawa 081233 (MBK); same loc., 2050 m, 15 Jul 2013, Mu Mu Aung et al. 092505 (MBK); same loc., 2225 m, 22 Jul 2013, Mu Mu Aung & Law Shine 092625 (MBK). MANDALAY. Pyinoolwin District: Maung Sein 13502 (K), det. E.F. de Vogel; Myingyan District: 9 May 2005, Khin Myo Htwe 24 (TNS [s]), fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 85); same loc., 3 Jul 2005, Khin Myo Htwe 45 (MBK), fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 85); same loc., 1 Jun 2006, cult., Tanaka et al. 036158 (MBK). BORDER AREA NAY PYI TAW – SHAN. Fide Aung et al. (2020: 96). SHAN. Taunggyi District: May 1932, Dickason 5764 (AMES); same loc., 1370 m, 24 Jan 1957, Egerod B-21 (K), det. herbarium L; same loc., 1555 m, 9 Jun 2017, Thant Shin et al. TS01514 (MBK). KAYAH. Loikaw District: Tanaka et al. MY5004 (TNS, photo seen). KAYIN. Kawkareik District: 280 m, 30 Apr 1946, Bloembergen 46 (SING), det. E.F. de Vogel.? RAKHINE. Rakhine Yoma: Mar 1903, Gage s.n. (CAL). TENASSERIM. Parish 38 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 195); same loc., 1838, Helfer s.n., Kew Distr. 5035 (K), det. E.F. de Vogel; same loc., Helfer s.n., Kew Distr. 5036 (K), det. E.F. de Vogel. MON. Mawlamyine District: 1834, Griffith 352 (K-LINDL), det. E.F. de Vogel. TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: 230 m, Sep 1961, Keenan et al. 1896 (A without flowers, E). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Walker s.n. (K), det. herbarium L.

Distribution:— Northern India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southwestern China and Malesia as far east as Sulawesi.

Note:— According to de Vogel (1988: 23), 16 collections from Kachin, Chin and Shan states and Tenasserim in AMES, BM, E, K and W belong here.