Orchidaceae
Didymoplexis

Didymoplexis micradenia (Rchb.f.) Hemsl.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 311 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Thailand, Central Vietnam, Malesia to Taiwan and W. Pacific. It is a holomycotrophic rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L.V. (2011). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey. Part 3. Subfamily Epidendroideae (primitive tribes - Neottieae, Vanilleae, Gastrodieae, Nervilieae). Turczaninowia 14(2): 15-100.
  • Cribb, P.J. & Whistler, W.A. (2011). The Orchids of Tonga, Niue, and the Cook islands. Lankesteriana 11: 96-177.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hsu, T.C. & Chung, S.W. (2007). Didymoplexis micradenia: a newly recorded orchid (Orchidaceae) in Taiwan. Taiwania 52: 360-364.
  • Kuo, M.L. (ed.) (2012). Flora of Taiwan, ed. 2, Suppl.: 1-414. Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition, National Taiwan University.
  • O'Bryne, P. (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia - A revision of Robiquetia (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae). Malesian Orchid Journal 24: 5-38.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2014). Flora of Thailand 12(2): 303-670. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Phueakkhlai, O., Bunpha, K. & Tetsana, N. (2014). Didymoplexis micradenia and Gastrodia theana (Orchidaceae), new records for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 42: 71-74.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Averyanov, L.V. (2011). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey. Part 3. Subfamily Epidendroideae (primitive tribes - Neottieae, Vanilleae, Gastrodieae, Nervilieae). Turczaninowia 14(2): 15-100.
  • Hsu, T.C. & Chung, S.W. (2007). Didymoplexis micradenia: a newly recorded orchid (Orchidaceae) in Taiwan. Taiwania 52: 360-364.
  • O'Bryne, P. (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia - A revision of Robiquetia (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae). Malesian Orchid Journal 24: 5-38.
  • Phueakkhlai, O., Bunpha, K. & Tetsana, N. (2014). Didymoplexis micradenia and Gastrodia theana (Orchidaceae), new records for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 42: 71-74.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Simmond, J.H.] [s.n.] Fiji K000942691 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wheatley, J.I. [778] Vanuatu K:SPC-54981.000 No
Seemann, B.C. [610] Fiji K000942690 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lewis, B.; Mcdonagh, J. [156] Vanuatu K:SPC-54923.000 No
Whistler, A. [9330] Samoa Didymoplexis minor K:SPC-56985.000 No
Cribb, P.J.; Wheatley, J.I. [3] Vanuatu Didymoplexis minor K:SPC-53089.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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