Brachycorythis helferi

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 27

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scientific name	Brachycorythis helferi
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Brachycorythis helferi View in CoL (Rchb.f.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 10: 235, 1955

Basionym : Gymnadenia helferi Rchb. View in CoL f., Flora 55: 276, 1872. Type :— MYANMAR. Tenasserim: 1837, Helfer s.n. (holotype: W-R 16751 ; possible isotypes: BM, K) .

Homotypic synonyms: Habenaria helferi View in CoL (Rchb.f.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 164, 1890. Platanthera helferi View in CoL (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen . Sp. 1: 611, 1899. Phyllomphax helferi View in CoL (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 119, 1919.

Heterotypic synonyms: Gymnadenia sesamoides C.S.P.Parish in F.Mason, Burmah, ed. 4, 2: 184, 1883. Phyllomphax sesamoides (C.S.P.Parish) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 287, 1919. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality: Parish s.n. (lectotype: K, left hand specimen, designated by Pedersen 2010: 71).

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Mohnyin District: 305 m, 12 Jul 1911, Lace 5350 (E, K). CHIN. Mindat District: 915 m, 25 Jul 2006, Ling Shein Man 052055 (MBK), ident. uncertain; same loc., 30 Jul 2008, Fujikawa et al. 053027 (MBK), ident. uncertain. SHAN. Kengtung District:? 305 m, Jul 1909, MacGregor 679 (E), ident. uncertain. KAYIN. Hpa-an District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 62). TENASSERIM. Type. MON. Thaton District: Parish s.n. (not located, possibly K), fide Parish (1883: 184; as Gymnadenia sesamoides ); Mawlamyine District: Lobb s.n. (K-LINDL; icon. K, W); same loc., Parish 2 (not located), fide Parish (1883: 200; as G. helferi ). TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: 245−610 m, Jul 1961, Keenan et al. 575 p. p. (E), det. H.AE. Pedersen, ident. uncertain; same loc., 670 m, Aug 1961, Keenan et al. 890 (E), det. H.AE. Pedersen. WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type.

Distribution:— Northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina.