Orchidaceae
Peristylus

Peristylus maingayi (King & Pantl.) J.J.Wood & Ormerod

First published in Orchids Sarawak: 368 (2001)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Indo-China to N. Queensland. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, I. (2010). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey part 2 subfamily Orchidoideae. Turczaninowia 13: 5-98.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kurzweil, H. (2010). Taxonomic studies in the genus Peristylus (Orchidaceae) in Thailand. Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 21-46.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Wood, J.J., Beaman, T.E., Lamb, A., Lun, C.C. & Beaman, J.H. (2011). The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu 2: 1-726. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kurzweil, H. (2010). Taxonomic studies in the genus Peristylus (Orchidaceae) in Thailand. Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 21-46.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Malaysia Habenaria sumatrana K:SPC-31508.000 No
Cruttwell [959] Papua New Guinea Peristylus candidus K:SPC-29599.000 No
Maingay, A.C. [3354] Singapore Peristylus candidus K000827038 Unknown Type Material Yes
Curtis, C. [2105] Malaysia Peristylus candidus K000827037 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0