Nervilia crociformis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Nervilia crociformis']

• English: Trembling Nervilia
• മലയാളം: നെർവിലിയ ക്രോസിഫോർമിസ
• 中文: 四重溪脈葉蘭
• 中文（简体）: 白脉芋兰, 四脉溪脉叶兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 四重溪脈葉蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Nervilieae • Subtribus: Nerviliinae • Genus: Nervilia • Species: Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. (1978)

Synonyms

Basionym Bolborchis crociformis Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 89 (1846) Heterotypic synonyms Pogonia crispata Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 32 (1849) Coelogyne javanica Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 17 (1854) Pogonia bollei Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 88 (1865) Pogonia prainiana George King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 129 (1896) Nervilia crispata (Blume) Schltr. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb., Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 240 (1900) Nervilia fimbriata Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee, Nachtr.: 82 (1905) Nervilia bollei (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 405 (1911) Nervilia humilis Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 551 (1915) Nervilia reniformis Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 551 (1915) Nervilia francoisii H.Perrier, Bull. Trimestriel Acad. Malgache, n.s., 21: 304 (1928) Nervilia monantha Blatt. &Yale Mervin Charles McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 724 (1932) Nervilia bathiei Senghas, Adansonia, n.s., 4: 303 (1964) Nervilia erosa P.J.Cribb, Kew Bull. 32: 155 (1977) Nervilia prainiana (King & Pantl.) Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 32(2): 149 (1978)

Natural habitats

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Flowers

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Leaves

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Botanical illustrations

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  Nervilia crociformis
  (as syn.
  Pogonia crispata)
  plate 126, fig. V-VI, 10 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 2
  (1874)
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  Nervilia crociformis
  (as syn.
  Pogonia crispata)
  figure 35 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 1. Heft
  Leiden (1908)
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  Lewis Roberts:
  Orchids of far north-eastern Queensland,
  (1995-2003)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Macaronesia Cape Verde, Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Northern Provinces, Swaziland. West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion. Asia-Temperate Eastern Asia Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya. Indo-China Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Jawa, Philippines, Sumatera. Papuasia New Guinea. Australasia Australia Queensland. Pacific Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu.

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