Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr., Repert., 2021

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 137

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6495495
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D887B7-81A7-FF0B-FF04-FE0EFC90FC02
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr., Repert.
status	sp. nov.

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Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr., Repert. View in CoL Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 259, 1919

Basionym: Limodorum densiflorum Lam., Encycl. View in CoL 3: 516, 1792.

Heterotypic synonyms: Geodorum purpureum R.Br. View in CoL in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 207, 1813, nom. superfl.

Geodorum pallidum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 31, 1825. Limodorum candidum Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 470, 1832. Geodorum candidum (Roxb.) Wall. ex Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 6: 3, 1854, p.p.

Specimens examined:— BORDER AREA CHIN – MAGWAY ( Mindat – Gangaw districts). 23 Jun 2009, Tanaka & Yukawa 081024 ( MBK) . MANDALAY. Myingyan District : 16 Jun 2000, Tanaka et al. 020328 ( MBK, TI), fide Tanaka et al. (2015: 80) . KAYIN. Hpa-an District : fide Aung et al. (2020: 85). Also reported from Bago Region by Kress et al. (2003: 79), but we have not seen material from this area.

Distribution:— Sri Lanka, India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southwestern and southern China, Taiwan, Japan and throughout Malesia to northern Australia and the islands of the western Pacific.

Note:— Griffith (1845: 358) was the first to record this species from Myanmar (Mawlamyine District) under the synonym G. pallidum , which material has not been located.