Eulophia macrobulbon

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 130-131

Eulophia macrobulbon (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 7, 1890

Basionym: Cyrtopera macrobulbon C.S.P.Parish & Rchb. f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 144, 1874. Type:— MYANMAR. Mon State :

Mawlamyine District, Parish 37 (holotype: K). Homotypic synonym: Graphorkis macrobulbon (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 662, 1891. Heterotypic synonyms: Eulophia burmanica Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 5, 1890. Graphorkis burmanica (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl.

2: 662, 1891. Type:— MYANMAR. Kachin State: Bhamo District, 2 May 1837, Griffith s.n., Kew Distr. 5285 (holotype: K). Cymbidium sp. no. 9: Griffith, Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 343, 1851; Icon. Pl. Asiat. 3: t. 330-III, 1851. Cyrtopera bicarinata auct. non Lindl., 1830: Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 31, 1858.

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Bhamo District : type . CHIN. Mindat District : 1924, Cooper 6077 ( E) ; same loc., 1065 m, 1 May 1956, Kingdon-Ward 22186 ( BM) . MAGWAY. Gangaw District : 555 m, 16 Mar 2006, Fujikawa & Nomachi 035707 ( MBK, TI) . MON. Mawlamyine District : type .

Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina.

Notes:— An erroneous record for Myanmar of E. bicallosa (D.Don) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. can be traced back to Lindley, who incorrectly referred Griffith’s Cymbidium sp. no. 9 to the synonymous Cyrtopera bicarinata Lindl. See Appendix II.