Orchidaceae
Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 412 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peninsula Thailand to SW. Pacific. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Fiji, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sumatera, Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ormerod, P. (2017). Checklist of Papuasian Orchids: 1-494. Nature & Travel Books, Australia.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • Vermeulen, J., O'Byrne, P. & Lamb, A. (2015). Bulbophyllum of Borneo: 1-728. Nautural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Vermeulen, J., O'Byrne, P. & Lamb, A. (2015). Bulbophyllum of Borneo: 1-728. Nautural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 10, 1973 K000079469 Type Yes
Jan 10, 1973 Schlechter, F.R.R. [19215] New Guinea K000079474 Type Yes
Mitchell, R. [1] Solomon Islands K:SPC-50802.000 No
K000079472 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-12722.000 No
New Caledonia K:SPC-51888.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000079471 Type Yes
K:SPC-19940.000 No
Burma K000079468 Type Yes
Hunt, P.F. K:SPC-27979.000 No
K000079473 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Fiji K:SPC-19939.000 No
Brunei K000364868 No
Hunt, P.F. [2414] Solomon Islands K:SPC-28881.000 No
Lamb, A. [ALSAR272/87] Malaysia K:SPC-56174.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images