Papilionanthe

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Papilionanthe']

مصرى: بابيليونانث
suomi: Siipirossit
перем коми: Папилионанте
коми: Папилионанте
кырык мары: Папилионанте
удмурт: Папилионанте
中文: 凤蝶兰属
中文（简体）: 凤蝶兰属

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Papilionanthe Schltr. (1915)

Genus Papilionanthe Schltr. (1915) edit

10 Species edit

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 2 October 2022):
P. biswasiana, P. cylindrica, P. greenii, P. hookeriana, P. pedunculata, P. sillemiana, P. teres, P. tricuspidata, P. uniflora, P. vandarum

Type species Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr. (1915)

Papilionanthe cylindrica
Papilionanthe hookeriana
Papilionanthe teres
Type species
Papilionanthe vandarum
Papilionanthe uniflora

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central.
- Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Sumatera.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Papilionanthe.