Biology:Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardinae

Short description: Section of flowering plants

Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardinae
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Section:	Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardinae Bentham 1883
Type species
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Species
See text
Synonyms
Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardina Bentham & J. D. Hooker, 1883

Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardinae is a section of the genus Bulbophyllum.

Description

Species in this section have nodes at base of pedicel coinciding with bract attachment, or removed.

Distribution

Plants from this section are found from the Himalayas to West Pacific.

Species

Bulbophyllum section Leopardinae comprises the following species:

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	Bulbophyllum ambrosia [Hance] Schlechter 1919	China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan ) and Vietnam	300–1,300 metres (980–4,270 ft)
	Bulbophyllum colomaculosum Z.H.Tsi & S.C.Chen 1994	China (Yunnan)	1,700 metres (5,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum griffithii (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1864	Assam India, Bhutan, Sikkim and southern China	1,000–3,000 metres (3,300–9,800 ft)
	Bulbophyllum leopardinum (Wall.) Lindl. 1830	Assam India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar and Thailand	1,300–3,300 metres (4,300–10,800 ft)
	Bulbophyllum obrienianum Rolfe 1892	Assam India and Bhutan	1,200–1,640 metres (3,940–5,380 ft)
	Bulbophyllum pectinatum Finet 1897	sounthern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, India and Taiwan	1,000–2,500 metres (3,300–8,200 ft)
	Bulbophyllum psittacoglossum Rchb. f. 1863	China (Yunnan), Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam	1,200–1,700 metres (3,900–5,600 ft)
	Bulbophyllum transarisanensis Hayata 1916	Taiwan	1,500–2,500 metres (4,900–8,200 ft)
	Bulbophyllum yunnanense Rolfe 1903	Nepal, China	1,400–3,200 metres (4,600–10,500 ft)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15726506 entry