Orchidaceae
Eulophia

Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 182 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Mozambique and W. Pacific. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Comoros, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cribb, P.J. & Whistler, W.A. (2011). The Orchids of Tonga, Niue, and the Cook islands. Lankesteriana 11: 96-177.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Hermans, J., Cribb, P.J. & Pailler, T. (2023). Flore des Mascareignes 170(2): 1-511. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

  • du Thouars, L.M.A.P. Original description of Eulophia pulchra. (1830).at

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Malaysia K:SPC-31975.000 No
Cribb, P.; Du Puy, D.; Renz, T. [TPPO 209] Madagascar K:SPC-73746.000 No
Lavarack, P. Australia K:SPC-37099.000 No
Cribb, P.; Morrison, A. [1842] Solomon Islands K:SPC-45929.000 No
Tanzania K000078368 No
Wickison, S. [122] Solomon Islands K:SPC-52082.000 No
Du Puy Madagascar K:SPC-61514.000 No
Indonesia K000364946 No
Cheek, M. [1316] Madagascar K:SPC-57095.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-57024.000 No
Palawan Bot.Expdn. [221] Philippines K:SPC-51817.000 No
Ball, J.S. [879] Zimbabwe K:SPC-10952.000 No
Hermans [3135] K001069702 No
K:SPC-06178.000 No
Oeceoclades pulchra K000410131 Unknown Type Material Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [2545] Madagascar Oeceoclades pulchra K000410129 Type Yes
unknown [48] Oeceoclades pulchra K000410136 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Layser, E. [264] Tanzania Oeceoclades pulchra K:SPC-56981.000 No
du Poy, B; Dransfield, J.; Cheek, M. [MB535] Madagascar Oeceoclades pulchra K:SPC-58717.000 No
McGregor, R.C. [376] Guam Oeceoclades pulchra K000078276 Type Yes
Oeceoclades pulchra K000410133 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oeceoclades pulchra K000410132 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Worefords] [s.n.] Oeceoclades pulchra K000410135 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wickison, S. [205] Solomon Islands Oeceoclades pulchra K:SPC-53445.000 No
Ravelonarivo, D. [2680] Madagascar Oeceoclades pulchra K001322265 Yes
Van Imschort [s.n.] Oeceoclades pulchra K000410130 Unknown Type Material Yes
King, C.W. Oeceoclades pulchra K000410134 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Eulophiinae: e-monocot.org

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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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/
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