Thelasis carinata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Thelasis carinata']

• English: Triangular fly orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Podochileae • Subtribus: Thelasinae • Genus: Thelasis • Species: Thelasis carinata Blume (1825)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Phreatia carinata (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 655 (1859) Eria carinata (Blume) Rchb.f. in B.Seemann, Fl. Vit.: 301 (1868) Oxyanthera carinata (Blume) Schltr., Mém. Herb. Boissier 21: 76 (1900) Heterotypic synonyms Euproboscis griffithii Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 37 (1857) Thelasis elata Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 87 (1890) Oxyanthera elata (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 22: t. 2157 (1892) Oxyanthera papuana Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee, Nachtr.: 126 (1905) Thelasis carinata f. semipelorica J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14: 492 (1929) Thelasis papuana (Schltr.) W.Kittr., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30: 102 (1984 publ. 1985) Homonym Thelasis carinata Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 37 (1857) - vide: Thelasis micrantha (Brongn.) J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 495 (1905)

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Botanical illustrations

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  Thelasis carinata
  figure 375 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 5. Heft
  Leiden (1912)
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  Thelasis carinata
  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 Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Thailand. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland, Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Samoa.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Thelasis carinata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Thelasis carinata