Orchidaceae
Vanda

Vanda bensonii Bateman

First published in Bot. Mag. 92: t. 5611 (1866)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to N. Thailand. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Myanmar, Thailand

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Motes, M.R. (2021). The Natural Genus Vanda. A Monograph: 1-359. Redland press, Florda, USA.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2009). Wild Orchid of Thailand 2: 1-463. Amarin.

Aeridinae: e-monocot.org

  • Bateman, J. Vanda Bensoni, Colonel Benson's Vanda. Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed .. London 92, (1866).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Motes, M.R. (2021). The Natural Genus Vanda. A Monograph: 1-359. Redland press, Florda, USA.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1978 s.coll. [s.n.] BU K000891517 Unknown Type Material Yes
Benson, R. [s.n.] BU K000891518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thailand K:SPC-53652.000 No
Thailand K:SPC-12650.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000891515 Unknown Type Material Yes
Benson, R. [s.n.] Burma K000891516 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Aeridinae: e-monocot.org

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0