Orchidaceae
Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars

First published in Hist. Orchid.: t. 98 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Uganda to NE. KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean, Bhutan to Pacific. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Comoros, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bernet, P. (2010). Orchidées de la Réunion: 1-368. Naturae Amici éditions.
  • Cribb, P., Hermans, J. & Rakotoarinivo, M. (2009). Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar: 1-456. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cribb, P.J. & Whistler, W.A. (2011). The Orchids of Tonga, Niue, and the Cook islands. Lankesteriana 11: 96-177.
  • Dalström, S., Gyeltshen, C. & Gyeltshen, N. (eds.) (2017). A Century of new orchid records in Bhutan: 1-210. National Biodiversity Centre, Thimphu.
  • 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.
  • Hermans, J., Cribb, P.J. & Pailler, T. (2023). Flore des Mascareignes 170(2): 1-511. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • 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.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Vermeulen, J. & O'Byrne, P. (2011). Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi: 1-247. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
  • Vermeulen, J., O'Byrne, P. & Lamb, A. (2015). Bulbophyllum of Borneo: 1-728. Nautural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wood, J.J., Beaman, T.E., Lamb, A., Lun, C.C. & Beaman, J.H. (2011). The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu 2: 1-726. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Averyanov, L.V. & Averyanova, A.L. (2003). Updated Checklist of the Orchids of Vietnam: 1-101. Vietnam National University Publishing House, Hanoi.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Dalström, S., Gyeltshen, C. & Gyeltshen, N. (eds.) (2017). A Century of new orchid records in Bhutan: 1-210. National Biodiversity Centre, Thimphu.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2018 Davies, K.L. [201414] K:SPC-78513.000 No
Jan 26, 2013 Rajaovelona, L.; Jean Chrisostome; Bruno [RJL 552] Madagascar K000753486 No
Oct 6, 1982 Foster, M. [s.n.] French Polynesia K000891034 Unknown Type Material Yes
Madagascar K:SPC-06901.000 No
Fiji K:SPC-27255.000 No
K:SPC-06173.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1605] Fiji K:SPC-07212.000 No
Davies, K.L. [KLD 201802 (Davies 2022-3)] K:SPC-78727.000 No
Bregulla, H.L. [15] Vanuatu K:SPC-35380.000 No
K:SPC-06899.000 No
McLaughlin, E. [901] Fiji K:SPC-28979.000 No
Chase [14645] Madagascar K:SPC-71074.000 No
K:SPC-25768.000 No
Moreau [7] Tanzania K:SPC-31136.000 No
Cruttwell, N.E.G. [252] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-08824.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [9] Tanzania K:SPC-42592.000 No
Vaughan, R.E. [486] Mauritius K:SPC-06176.000 No
Grey-Wilson, C.; Cribb, P. [11056] Tanzania K:SPC-43683.000 No
K:SPC-05657.000 No
Schlechter, F.R.R. [18343] K000079404 Type Yes
Solomon Islands K:SPC-50807.000 No
Mason, L.M. [1872] Reunion K:SPC-29244.000 No
K:SPC-05658.000 No
Renvoize, S.A. [1652] Tanzania K:SPC-06049.007 No
Mason, L.M. [1754] Madagascar K:SPC-28552.000 No
K:SPC-06174.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-06900.000 No
Zimbabwe K:SPC-29523.000 No
K:SPC-06172.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10285] Tanzania K:SPC-35755.000 No
K:SPC-38879.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-07036.000 No
Cruttwell, N.E.G. [687b] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-30859.000 No
K:SPC-08826.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-06175.000 No
K:SPC-06171.000 No
K:SPC-03082.000 No
Lamb, A. [AL780/87] Malaysia K:SPC-73060.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [204] Tanzania K:SPC-08825.000 No
Fiji K:SPC-25910.000 No
Tanzania K:SPC-42491.000 No
K:SPC-06898.000 No
New Caledonia K:SPC-51937.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines Bulbophyllum trisetum K:SPC-76640.000 No
Apr 30, 2013 s.coll. [s.n.] Bulbophyllum eberhardtii K:SPC-77783.000 No
Jan 10, 1973 Schlechter, F.R.R. [20533] Indonesia Bulbophyllum pulchrum K000891062 Unknown Type Material Yes
Koorders, S.H. [29566] Indonesia Bulbophyllum pulchrum K000891063 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bulbophyllum pulchrum K:SPC-73775.000 No

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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