Liparis odorata (Willd.) Lindl.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 160

Liparis odorata (Willd.) Lindl. , Gen . Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 26, 1830

Basionym: Malaxis odorata Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 91, 1805.

Homotypic synonym: Leptorkis odorata (Willd.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 671, 1891.

Heterotypic synonyms: Empusa paradoxa Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 825, 1824. Liparis paradoxa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6: 218, 1861.

Liparis paradoxa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. var. parishii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 698, 1890. Liparis parishii (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 182, 1890. Leptorkis parishii (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 671, 1891. Types:— MYANMAR. Mon State: Mawlamyine District, 1875, Parish 367 (lectotype K, designated by Clayton 2017: 74). Syntypes: same loc., Lobb s.n. (K); same loc., Parish 316 (K).

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Unspecified: 1899, Mokim 21 ( E) , ident. uncertain; Myitkyina District: Aug 1899, Mokim 23 ( BM, K, P) . CHIN. Mindat District : 1220–1525 m, 22 Jul 1956, Kingdon-Ward 22516 & 22517 p.p. ( BM) ; same loc., 4 Dec 2005, Ling Shing Maung 022 ( MBK) ; same loc., 26 Jun 2008, Yasuda 060062 ( MBK) ; same loc., 1150 m, 29 Jul 2008, Yasuda 060083 ( MBK) ; same loc., 1150 m, 9 Aug 2008, Yasuda 060084 ( MBK) ; same loc., 2300 m, 9 Aug 2008, Yasuda 060075 ( MBK) ; same loc., 1400−1600 m, 26 Jun 2009, Tanaka & Yukawa 081210 ( MBK) . MANDALAY. Mandalay District: 1926, Swinhoe 57 & 58 ( K) . SHAN. Southern part: 22 Jun 1935, Po Khant 16327 ( E) ; same loc., 13 Jul 1935, Po Khant 16350 ( E) , det. G. Seidenfaden . MON. Mawlamyine District : types; same loc., Jun 1839,? Christo 293 ( K) ; same loc., Parish 293 ( K) . TANINTHARYI. Dawei District : 145 m, 18 Jun 2012, Saw Lwin et al. TNRO 118 ( SING) , ident. uncertain. WITHOUT LOCALITY. Jun 1902, cult. Sander s.n. ( K) ; Jun 1903, cult. Sander s.n. ( K) . Reported from Sagaing Region by Kress et al. (2003: 82; as L. paradoxa ), but we have not seen material from this area.

Distribution:— India, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southwestern, southern and southeastern China, Taiwan, Japan and Guam.

Notes:— A specimen incorrectly identified as L. olivacea Lindl. by Parish (1883: 190) is referable here. It is based on the collection Parish 367, which was later made the type of L. paradoxa var. parishii . Confusion exists as to what is L. nervosa (Thunb.) Lindl. and L. odorata . Therefore, the identities of specimens cited under both names must be regarded as preliminary.