Luisia tenuifolia

Luisia tenuifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Luisia
Species: Luisia tenuifolia

Name

Luisia tenuifolia Blume, Rumphia 4: 50 (1849).

  • Type locality: Sri Lanka, Paradenya.
  • Type locality: Macrae 67, K.

Synonymy

  • Basionym
  • Homotypic
    • Luisia laurifolia M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 66 (2009), nom. superfl.
  • Heterotypic
    • Birchea teretifolia A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 67 (1841).
      • Type locality: India, Nilgherries, "bois d'Avalanchy".
      • Holotype: A. Richard 73, P, MNHN-P-P00324112
    • Luisia birchea Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 64 (1849).
    • Luisia evangelinae Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 493 (1932), Illustration Plate XI.
      • Type locality: India, North Kanara.
      • Holotype: Astoli and Chandwadi, BLAT(?).
    • Luisia pseudotenuifolia Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 492 (1932).
      • Type locality: India, North Kanara.
      • Holotype: T. R. Bell 5401, BLAT(?).
    • Luisia tenuifolia var. evangelinae (Blatt. & McCann) Santapau & Kapadia, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 59: 829 (1962).
    • Luisia pulniana Vatsala in A.Abraham & P.Vatsala, Introd. Orchids: 486 (1981).
    • Luisia laurifolia var. evangelinae (Blatt. & McCann) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 66 (2009).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India, Sri Lanka.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Wight, R. 1844–1846. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis: or figures of Indian plants. Vol. III. pp. 736–1162. Madras: J.B. Pharoah. BHL Reference page. 10 & Plate 911.
  • Blume, C.L. 1849–1851. Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium Exoticarum, Novarum vel Minus Cognitarum ex Vivis aut Siccis Brevis Expositio et Descriptio. Leiden. Volumen 1. BHL Reference page. 64.
  • Trimen, H. 1898. A hand-book to the flora of Ceylon containing descriptions of all the species of flowering plants indigenous to the island, and notes on their history, distribution, and uses. Part IV. Euphorbiaceae–Naiadeae. Dulau & Co., London. BHL Reference page. 191.
  • Dassanayake, M.D. & Fosberg, F.R. (eds.) 1981. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Vol. 2: 511 pp. Reference page: 212.
  • Jeevith, S. Kunhikannan, C. Rajasekar, C. & Samydurai, P. 2019. A Checklist of Orchids of Shola and Grasslands of Nilgiris, Western Ghats, India. Biological Forum – An International Journal 11(1): 41–46. ResearchGate Reference page. 
  • Jayanthi, J. & Jalal, J.S. 2023. A checklist to the orchids of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Lankesteriana 23(1): 45–79. DOI: 10.15517/lank.v23i1.54573. Reference page. 
  • Anusuba, V., Murugesan, M., Sharief, M.U., Karthik, B. & Tharani, R. 2023. A Checklist of the Orchids in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India. Biological Forum – An International Journal 15(5): 1274–1292. --> PDF! Reference page. 

Vernacular names


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