Polystachya concreta

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Polystachya concreta']

• English: Greater yellowspike orchid
• français: Polystachya tessellata
• Tiếng Việt: Lan sáp
• 中文: 多穗兰, 蜻蜒
• 中文（简体）: 多穗兰
• 中文（繁體）: 多穗蘭
• 中文（香港）: 多穗蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Polystachyinae • Genus: Polystachya • Species: Polystachya concreta (Jacq.) Garay & H.R. Sweet (1974)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum concretum Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 30 (1760) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum minutum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 824 (1775) Dendrobium polystachyum Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 247 (1800) Cranichis luteola Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 3: 1433 (1806), nom. superfl. Dendrobium polystachyum Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 85 (1822) Polystachya luteola Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 103 (1824) Onychium flavescens Blume, Bijdr.: 325 (1825) Polystachya mauritiana Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 742 (1826) Dendrobium flavescens (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 85 (1830) Polystachya zeylanica Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 78 (1838) Polystachya purpurea Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1679 (1851) Maxillaria luteola Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 266 (1854) Maxillaria purpurea (Wight) Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 226 (1854) Polystachya zollingeri Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 39 (1857) Polystachya tessellata Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 130 (1862) Polystachya extinctoria Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 638 (1863) Polystachya jussieuana Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 641 (1863) Polystachya tricruris Rchb.f., Flora 50: 118 (1867) Polystachya luteola var. racemifera S.Moore in J.G.Baker, Fl. Mauritius: 362 (1877) Polystachya rufinula Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 41 (1879) Polystachya hypocrita Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1881(2): 685 (1881) Callista flavescens (Blume) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891) Dendrorkis extinctoria (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Dendrorkis jussieuana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Dendrorkis minuta (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Dendrorkis polystachyon (Sw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Dendrorkis purpurea (Wight) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Dendrorkis rufinula (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Dendrorkis tessellata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Dendrorkis zollingeri (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891) Polystachya buchananii Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 335 (1893) Polystachya luteola var. exsanguis Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895) Polystachya luteola var. paniculata Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895) Polystachya luteola var. tincta Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895) Polystachya minuta Frapp. ex Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895) Polystachya penangensis Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 344 (1896) Polystachya siamensis Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 343 (1896) Polystachya singapurensis Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 343 (1896) Polystachya pleistantha Kraenzl., Gard. Chron. 1897(1): 118 (1897) Polystachya zanguebarica Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 115 (1897) Polystachya lehmbachiana Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 166 (1900) Polystachya gracilis De Wild., Not. Pl. Util. Congo 1: 136 (1903) Polystachya latifolia De Wild., Not. Pl. Util. Congo 1: 138 (1903) Polystachya minuta (Aubl.) Britton in J.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 328 (1903) Polystachya flavescens (Blume) J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 284 (1905) Polystachya praealta Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 118 (1905) Polystachya dagremondiana Kraenzl., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 60: 428 (1915) Polystachya colombiana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 156 (1920) Polystachya cubensis Schltr. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 9: 59 (1923) Polystachya caquetana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 79 (1924) Polystachya lepidantha Kraenzl., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 290 (1926) Polystachya lettowiana Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 54 (1926) Polystachya reichenbachiana Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 127 (1926) Polystachya purpurea var. lutescens Gagnep. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 434 (1934) Polystachya tricuspidata Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 109 (1950) Polystachya kraenzliniana Pabst, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 18: 190 (1957) Polystachya tessellata var. tricruris (Rchb.f.) Schelpe, S. African J. Bot. 28: 280 (1963) Dendrobium parvum Seidenf., Opera Bot. 124: 30 (1995)

Type species

Images of the whole plant

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  Polystachya concreta
  Suriname
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  Polystachya concreta
  (top right), Suriname

Flowers

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  Polystachya concreta
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  Polystachya concreta
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  Polystachya concreta

Botanical illustrations

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  Polystachya concreta
  (as syn.
  Dendrobium polystachyum)
  plate 85 in:
  A.A. Du Petit-Thouars:
  Histoire particulière
  des plantes Orchidées
  (1822)

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  Polystachya concreta
  (as syn.
  Dendrobium polystachyon)
  plate 20 in:
  John Lindley:
  Collectanea botanica,
  London (1821)
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  Polystachya concreta
  (as syn. Polystachya luteola)
  Illustration in:
  Robert Wight:
  Icones plantarum
  Indiae Orientalis
  tab.1678
  (1852)
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  Polystachya concreta
  (as syn.
  Polystachya flavescens)
  figure 218 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 3. Heft
  Leiden (1910)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland. West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles. Asia-Temperate  China China South-Central. Asia-Tropical  Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Laos, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America‘‘‘ Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

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