Aerides falcata

指甲兰 zhi jia lan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Alliance: Phalaenopsis
Genus: Aerides
Species: A. falcata
Binomial name
Aerides falcata
Lindl. & Paxton (1851)
Synonyms=[1]
  • Aerides larpentae Rchb.f. (1856)
  • Aerides mendelii E. Morren (1876)
  • Aerides expansa var. leoniae Rchb.f.
  • Aerides leoniae (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
  • Aerides falcata var. leoniae (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch
  • Aerides siamense Klinge (1898)
  • Aerides falcata var. maurandii Guillaumin (1953)

Aerides falcata is a species of epiphytic orchid[2] native to Yunnan, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Lindley, John & Paxton, Joseph. 1851. Paxton's Flower Garden. Revised. 2: 142
  3. ↑ Flora of China v 25 p 486, 指甲兰 zhi jia lan , Aerides falcata
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