Spathoglottis plicata

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Spathoglottis plicata']

• English: Philippine ground orchid
• বাংলা: ফিলিপাইন ভুঁই অর্কিড
• eesti: voldiline keelkäpp
• Bahasa Indonesia: Anggrek tanah ungu
• 日本語: コウトウシラン
• Tiếng Việt: Lan chu đình tím
• 中文: 紫苞舌蘭, 紫花苞舌兰
• 中文（简体）: 紫花苞舌兰
• 中文（繁體）: 紫花苞舌蘭
• 中文（香港）: 紫花苞舌蘭
• 中文（臺灣）: 紫苞舌蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Collabieae • Genus: Spathoglottis • Species: Spathoglottis plicata Blume (1825)

Synonyms

Heterotypic synonyms Bletia angustifolia Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Voy. Uranie: 421 (1829). Calanthe poilanei François Gagnepain, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 22: 625 (1951). Paxtonia rosea John Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 61 (1838). Phaius rumphii Blume, Mus. Bot. 2: 179 (1856). Spathoglottis angustifolia (Gaudich.) George Bentham & Joseph Dalton Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 512 (1883). Spathoglottis augustorum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 25: 9 (1886). Spathoglottis daenikeri Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 80 (1929). Spathoglottis deplanchei Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Linnaea 41: 86 (1876). Spathoglottis grandifolia Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 398 (1912). Spathoglottis lilacina William Griffith, Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 323 (1851). Spathoglottis papuana var. puberiflora Richard Sanders Rogers & Cyril Tenison White in Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 44: 116 (1920). Spathoglottis papuana var. puberula Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 397 (1923). Spathoglottis plicata f. alba (Henry Nicholas Ridley) Nguyen Hoang Tua & Olaf Gruss in Die Orchidee, Taxon. Mitt. 6(10): 79 (2020). Spathoglottis plicata var. alba Ridl. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 312 (1896). Spathoglottis plicata var. minahassae Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 180 (1925). Spathoglottis rosea (Lindl.) George Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 467 (1886). Spathoglottis spicata Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 9 (1858). Spathoglottis vieillardii Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 85 (1876). Spathoglottis wariana Schltr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 399 (1912.

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  Labellum

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Buds

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Leaves

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Botanical illustrations

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  (as syn.
  Paxtonia rosea)
  plate 60 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 24,
  (1838)
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  Spathoglottis augustorum)
  aquarell in:
  Collection d'orchidées,
  (1850-1870)
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  plate 7013 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 114,
  (1888)
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  figure 162 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 2. Heft
  Leiden (1909)
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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 Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland. Continental: Pacific Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Regional: South-Central Pacific Cook Islands. Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Spathoglottis plicata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Spathoglottis plicata