Pinalia bractescens (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis.

Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, Phytotaxa 481 (1), pp. 1-262 : 201

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Pinalia bractescens (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. View in CoL Gen . Pl. 2: 679, 1891

Basionym: Eria bractescens Lindl. View in CoL , Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 27 (Misc.): 18, 1841.

Heterotypic synonyms: Eria affinis Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. View in CoL 3: 297, 1851, syn. nov. Eria bractescens Lindl. var. affinis (Griff.) Hook. View in CoL f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 797, 1890. Pinalia affinis (Griff.) Ormerod View in CoL , Taiwania View in CoL 57: 124, 2012. Type:— MYANMAR. Tanintharyi Region: Myeik District, Mar 1835, Griffith 1074 (holotype: K-LINDL; isotype: W-R 36961).

Eria pulchella Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 297, 1851, nom. illeg. [non Lindl. 1841]. Eria griffithii Rchb. f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 163, 1870. Pinalia pulchella (Griff.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen . Pl. 2: 679, 1891, nom. illeg. Type:— MYANMAR. Tanintharyi Region: Myeik District, Feb 1835, Griffith 1055 (holotype: K-LINDL; isotype: W-R 19954).

Eria bractescens Lindl. var. kurzii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 797, 1890.

Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Bhamo District: 200 m, Apr 1927, McMillen 248 ( NY) . MANDALAY. Mandalay District: Swinhoe 20 ( K) . KAYIN. Kawkareik District: 1830 m, Swinhoe K 87 ( K) . MON. Mawlamyine District: Parish 102 ( W) ; same loc., 1870, Parish 107 ( K, W) ; same loc., Parish 196 ( W) . TANINTHARYI. Myeik District : types .

Distribution:— The central Himalayas, northeastern India, the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and Malesia.

Notes:— Further study of the synonyms is needed. For example, Eria dillwynii Hook. ( Philippines to New Guinea) seems to be a distinct entity. King & Pantling (1898: 121) noted that Eria bractescens var. kurzii is a larger form that ‘extends through Burma to the Andaman and Nicobar islands’. Material supporting this statement should be looked for in CAL.