Orchidaceae
Zeuxine

Zeuxine nervosa (Wall. ex Lindl.) Benth. ex Trimen

First published in J. Ceylon Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 9: 90 (1885)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to Nansei-shoto and Philippines. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L. (2008). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey part 1 Subfamilies Apostasioideae, Cyprioedioideae and Spiranthoideae. Turczaninowia 11(1): 5-168.
  • Bhattacharjee, A. & Chowdhery, H.J. (2012). On the status of two Indian species of Zeuxine (Orchidaceae). Kew Bulletin 67: 97-102.
  • Deb, C.R. & Imchen, T. (2008). Orchid Diversity of Nagaland: 1-288. SciChem Publishing House, Udaipur, India.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Huang, X. & al. (2023). Supplement to Guangxi plant list VI: four new record genera and thirteen new record species of Orchidaceae. Guihaia 43: 1006-1015.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Khanam, M. & al. (2001). Our present knowledge on the Terrestrial Orchidaceae. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 35-49.
  • Kurzweil, H. & Ormerod, P. (2018). Precursory studies on the orchid flora of Myanmar with one new species and thirty eight new distribution records. Rheedea 28: 1-15.
  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
  • Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Bulletin

  • Barua, I. & Barua, K. (1997). A new species of Zeuxine (Orchidaceae) from Assam, India. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 491 – 494.
  • Bentham, G. (1881). Notes on Orchideae. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 281 – 360.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Bentham, G. (1883). Orchideae. In: G. Bentham & J. D. Hooker, Genera Plantarum 3, pp. 460–636. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Bose, T. K. & Bhattacharjee, S. K. (1980). Orchids of India. NayaProkash, Calcutta.
  • Bruhl, P. (1926). A Guide to the Orchids of Sikkim. Thacker, Spring & Co., Calcutta.
  • Chen, S., Gale, S. W., Cribb, P. J. & Ormerod, P. (2009). ZeuxineLindl. In: Z. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds), Flora of China 25 (Orchidaceae), pp. 56 – 57. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Clarke, C. B. (1889). On the plants of Kohima and Muneypore. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 1 – 107.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Govaerts, R., Pfahl, J., Campacci, M. A., Baptista, D. H., Tigges, H., Shaw, J., Cribb, P., George, A., Kreuz, K. & Wood, J. (2011). World Checklist of Orchidaceae. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/ accessed 8 February 2011; 04:20 GMT.
  • Hooker, J. D. (1890). Orchidaceae. In: J. D. Hooker, Flora of British India 6, pp. 1 – 198. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Hooker, J. D. (1894). In: D. Oliver (ed.), Hooker’s Icones Plantarum 22. Dulao & Co., London.
  • Hynniewta, T. M., Kataki, S. K. & Wadhwa, B. M. (2000). In: P. K. Hajra & U. Chatterjee (eds), Orchids of Nagaland. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • King, G. & Pantling, R. (1898). The Orchids of Sikkim Himalaya. Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 289, t. 385.
  • Lindley, J. (1840). Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plant. Ridgways, London.
  • Lindley, J. (1857). Contribution to the Orchidology in India No. 1. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 170 – 190.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Lucksom, S. Z. (2007). The Orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya. Concept, Siliguri.
  • Maina, V., Vijayan, L. & Sreekumar, P. V. (2001). A new species of ZeuxineLindl. (Orchidaceae) from Andaman Islands, India. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 25: 21 – 23.
  • Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Pearce, N. R. & Cribb, P. J. (2002). Orchids of Bhutan. In: Flora of Bhutan 3(3). Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh and Royal Government of Bhutan, Edinburgh.
  • Pradhan, U. C. & Pradhan, S. C. (2005). Himalayan Jewel Orchids. Primulaceae Books, Kalimpong.
  • Pradhan, U. C. (1976). Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification & Culture 1. Self Published, Kalimpong.
  • Pridgeon, A. M., Cribb, P. J., Chase, M. W. & Rasmussen. F. N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3, Orchidoideae (Part 2), Vanilloideae. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Rao, A. N. (1996). Four new records of orchids from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Indian Forester 122: 1171 – 1173.
  • Sathish Kumar, C. & Suresh Kumar, P. C. (2005). An orchid digest of Manipur, northeastern India. Rheedea 15: 1 – 70.
  • Seidenfaden, G. (1978). Orchid genera in Thailand VI. Dansk Bot. Ark. 32: 1 – 195.
  • Trimen, H. (1885). A systematic catalogue of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to or growing wild in Ceylon, with the Vernacular names and with reference to Thwaites’s ‘Enumeratio’. J. Ceylon Br. Roy. Asiat. Soc. 9: 1 – 137.
  • Wallich, N. (1832). A numerical list of dried specimens of plants, in the East India Company’s Museum collected under the superintendence of Dr.Wallich of the Company’s botanic garden at Calcutta, no. 7379 – 7397. London.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Huang, X. & al. (2023). Supplement to Guangxi plant list VI: four new record genera and thirteen new record species of Orchidaceae. Guihaia 43: 1006-1015.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Khanam, M. & al. (2001). Our present knowledge on the Terrestrial Orchidaceae. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 35-49.
  • Kurzweil, H. & Ormerod, P. (2018). Precursory studies on the orchid flora of Myanmar with one new species and thirty eight new distribution records. Rheedea 28: 1-15.
  • Misra, S. (2004). Orchids of Orissa: 1-774. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1977 Schmurer [644] Taiwan K000942800 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [s.n.] Pakistan K000079517 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D. [334] Sri Lanka K000079518 Type Yes
Schuiteman, A.; Ryan, C. [s.n.] Cambodia K:SPC-76897.000 No

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