Anoectochilus, Blume, 1828

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 20-21

ANOECTOCHILUS Blume , Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 411, 1825

Anoectochilus albolineatus C.S.P.Parish & Rchb. f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 141, 1874. Type :— MYANMAR. Mon State : Mawlamyine District, Parish 325 (holotype: K; isotype: W-R 26214 )

Specimens examined:— CHIN. Mindat District: 2135 m, 18 Nov 1956, Kingdon-Ward 22872 ( BM); same loc., 1350 m, 9 Aug 2008, Yasuda 060039 ( MBK) . MON. Mawlamyine District : type. Also reported from Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 64), but we have not seen any material from this area.

Distribution: — Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina.

Notes:— The name of this species has been misapplied to material of Anoectochilus reinwardtii Blume. In Thailand, A. albolineatus became better known by its synonym A. siamensis Schltr.

Anoectochilus burmannicus Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 24, 1922 . Type :— MYANMAR. Bago District: 305 m, 8 Feb 1911, Rogers s.n. (holotype: K)

Specimen examined:— BAGO. Bago District : type. Distribution:— Central Myanmar, Thailand , Indochina, southwestern China and Peninsular Malaysia.