Papilionanthe

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Papilionanthe
Overview of species (10)

P. biswasiana – P. greenii – P. hookeriana – P. pedunculata – P. sillemiana – P. subulata – P. teres – P. tricuspidata – P. uniflora – P. vandarum
Name

Papilionanthe Schltr., Orchis 9: 78 (1915)

Type species: Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr., Orchis 9: 78 (1915)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
China
China South-Central.
Eastern Asia
Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
Indo-China
Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Malesia
Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Sumatera.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 218 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
Schlechter, F.R.R. 1915. Orchis. Monatsschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orchideenkunde, ix, 78.

Links

'eFloras 2009. Papilionanthe in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Papilionanthe
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Papilionanthe. Accessed: 2021 May 20.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Papilionanthe in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Papilionanthe in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Papilionanthe. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Papilionanthe. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Papilionanthe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Папилионанте
коми: Папилионанте
кырык мары: Папилионанте
удмурт: Папилионанте
中文: 凤蝶兰属

Papilionanthe (abbreviated Ple.[1]) is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, and the Indian Subcontinent.[2][3]
Species

Papilionanthe biswasiana (Ghose & Mukerjee) Garay – Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand
Papilionanthe greenii (W.W.Sm.) Garay – Bhutan
Papilionanthe hookeriana (Rchb.f.) Schltr. – Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
Papilionanthe pedunculata (Kerr) Garay – Cambodia, Vietnam
Papilionanthe sillemiana (Rchb.f.) Garay – Myanmar
Papilionanthe subulata (Willd.) Garay – India, Sri Lanka
Papilionanthe taiwaniana (S.S.Ying) Ormerod – Taiwan
Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr. – Yunnan, Bangladesh, Assam, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam; naturalized in Fiji and Caroline Islands
Papilionanthe tricuspidata (J.J.Sm.) Garay – Bali, Lombok, Timor
Papilionanthe uniflora (Lindl.) Garay – Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
Papilionanthe vandarum (Rchb.f.) Garay – Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, China

Hybrids

Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim is a hybrid of Papilionanthe teres and Papilionanthe hookeriana. It is the national flower of Singapore.

Hybrids of Papilionanthe with other genera are placed in the following nothogenera:[4]

Papilionanda (Pda.) = Papilionanthe × Vanda

References

Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names, Royal Horticultural Society, 2017 https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-registration-forms/orchid-name-abbreviations-list.pdf
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China v 25 p 477, 凤蝶兰属 feng die lan shu, Papilionanthe Schlechter, Orchis. 9: 78. 1915.

[Alphabetical One-Table List of Genera and Intergeneric Hybrids https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-registration-forms/list-of-orchid-genera-with-components.pdf], Royal Horticultural Society, 2017.

Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart