Biology:Vanda ampullacea

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Short description: Species of orchid


Vanda ampullacea
Ascocentrum ampullaceum.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Vanda
Species:
V. ampullacea
Binomial name
Vanda ampullacea
(Roxb.) Schltr. (1914)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aerides ampullacea Roxb. (1832) (Basionym)
  • Ascocentrum ampullaceum var. aurantiacum Pradhan (1979)
  • Ascocentrum ampullaceum (Roxb.) Schltr. (1913)
  • Gastrochilus ampullaceus (Roxb.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Oeceoclades ampullacea (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Voigt (1845)
  • Saccolabium ampullaceum (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Wall. (1832)

Vanda ampullacea is a perennial epiphytic orchid found in southeast Asia from Nepal to China (southern Yunnan) and India, including the eastern Himalayas. It has had various classifications, initially called Aerides ampullacea by William Roxburgh when it was first described in 1814.[2] It was most recently reclassified in 2012 during a taxonomic revision of Vanda.[3] In 1868, one if its cultivars received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q59922958 entry