Phalaenopsis tetraspis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Phalaenopsis tetraspis']

• مصرى: فالاينوبسيس تتراسبيس
• русский: Фаленопсис тетраспис
• українська: Фаленопсис тетраспис
• 中文: 盾花蝴蝶兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Phalaenopsis • Species: Phalaenopsis tetraspis Rchb.f. (1870)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Phalaenopsis speciosa var. tetraspis (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 37: 1092 (1968) Heterotypic synonyms Phalaenopsis speciosa Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 15: 562 (1881) Phalaenopsis speciosa var. christiana E.S.Berk., Gard. Chron., n.s., 18: 745 (1882) Phalaenopsis speciosa var. imperatrix E.S.Berk., Gard. Chron., n.s., 18: 745 (1882) Phalaenopsis speciosa var. maculata Gower, Garden (London, 1871-1927) 37: 582 (1890) Phalaenopsis speciosa subvar. christiana (E.S.Berk.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 39 (1891) Phalaenopsis speciosa subvar. imperatrix (E.S.Berk.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 38 (1891) Phalaenopsis barrii King ex Hook.f., Cent. Orchid. Pl.: 38 (1895) Phalaenopsis sumatrana var. alba G.Wilson, Orchid World 5: 146 (1915) Polychilos speciosa (Rchb.f.) Shim, Malayan Nat. J. 36: 26 (1982) Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. christiana (E.S.Berk.) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins, Phalaenopsis J. 26(4): 19 (2016) Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. imperatrix (E.S.Berk.) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins, Phalaenopsis J. 26(4): 19 (2016) Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. livida O.Gruss & S.Tönne, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 3(5)E: 37 (2017)

Images of the whole plant

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Botanical illustrations

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  as syn.
  Phalaenopsis speciosa
  vol. 18 fig. 130-132
  The Gardeners' chronicle
  (1826)
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  Phalaenopsis tetraspis
  (as syn.
  Phalaenopsis speciosa)
  Plate 158 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  (as syn.
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  plate 288 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)
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  (as syn.
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  plate 51 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia II,
  (1890)
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  Phalaenopsis tetraspis
  plate 7321 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 119,
  (1893)
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  Phalaenopsis tetraspis
  plate 57 in:
  J.D. Hooker:
  A Century of
  Indian Orchids
  (1895)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Tropical Indo-China Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands. Malesia Sumatera.

References

Description of taxon

• Reichenbach, H.G. (1870) Xenia Orchidacea 2: 146.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 233 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199646517
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Phalaenopsis tetraspis.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Phalaenopsis tetraspis
• eMonocot link: Phalaenopsis tetraspis
• Tropicos link: Phalaenopsis tetraspis
• International Plant Names Index link: Phalaenopsis tetraspis
• The Plant List link: Phalaenopsis tetraspis