Friday, October 17, 2008

Distribution of orchid species

This page lists all orchid species according to their respective distribution range.

Africa only


*''Agrostophyllum occidentale''
*''Agrostophyllum seychellarum''
*''Ancistrochilus rothschildianus''
*''Ancistrochilus thomsonianus''

China only, including Taiwan and Hainan




Northeast China only


*''Cypripedium agnicapitatum''
*''Cypripedium morinanthum''
*''Cypripedium neoparviflorum''
*''Cypripedium roseum''
*''Cypripedium sinapoides''

Tibet, Southwest, South-Central China only




Taiwan only


*''Cypripedium formosanum''
*''Cypripedium segawai''

China through Korea, Japan


*''Cypripedium debile''
*''Cypripedium japonicum''
*''Cypripedium shanxiense''

China through Southeast Asia


*''Cypripedium lichiangense''
*''Cypripedium plectrochilum''
*''Paphiopedilum appletonianum''
*''Paphiopedilum armeniacum''
*''Paphiopedilum bellatulum''
*''Paphiopedilum charlesworthii''
*''Paphiopedilum concolor''
*''Paphiopedilum hangianum''
*''Paphiopedilum henryanum''
**''Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum'' var. ''esquirolei''
*''Paphiopedilum malipoense''
**''Paphiopedilum malipoense'' var. ''jackii'' Aver.
*''Paphiopedilum malipoense'' var. ''malipoense''
*''Paphiopedilum micranthum''
*''Paphiopedilum wardii''
*''Paphiopedilum villosum'' var. ''annamense''
*''Pleione albiflora''
*''Pleione forrestii'' - to N. Myanmar)
*''Pleione grandiflora'' (China
*''Pleione yunnanensis''

Himalaya endemic


*''Agrostophyllum flavidum''
*''Agrostophyllum myrianthum''
*''Paphiopedilum insigne''
*''Paphiopedilum venustum''
*''Pleione coronaria''

Southern India, Sri Lanka endemic


*''Adrorhizon purpurascens''
*''Paphiopedilum druryi''
*''Agrostophyllum zeylanicum''

South Asia through Himalaya through China, including Hainan


*''Agrostophyllum callosum''
*''Cypripedium cordigerum''
*''Cypripedium elegans''
*''Cypripedium himalaicum''
*''Cypripedium tibeticum''
*''Paphiopedilum fairrieanum''
*''Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum''
*''Paphiopedilum parishii''
*''Paphiopedilum villosum''
*''Pleione maculata''
*''Pleione praecox''
*''Pleione saxicola''
*''Pleione scopulorum''

South Asia through Himalaya to Southeast Asia, possibly Pacific Islands


''Acanthephippium bicolor''
''Acanthephippium striatum''
*''Acanthephippium sylhetense''
*''Agrostophyllum brevipes''
*''Agrostophyllum planicaule''
*''Arundina graminifolia''
*''Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum'' var. ''hirsutissimum''
*''Paphiopedilum spicerianum''
*''Paphiopedilum villosum'' var. ''villosum''
*''Pleione hookeriana''
*''Pleione humilis''

Southeast Asia only


''Acanthephippium gougahensis''
''Acanthephippium parviflorum''
''Agrostophyllum longifolium''
''Dendrochilum pallidiflavens''
*''Dendrochilum pallidiflavens'' var. ''pallidiflavens''
*''Paphiopedilum barbatum''
*''Paphiopedilum callosum''
**''Paphiopedilum callosum'' var. ''callosum''
**''Paphiopedilum callosum'' var. ''warnerianum''
*''Paphiopedilum dixlerianum''
*''Paphiopedilum gratrixianum''
*''Paphiopedilum niveum''
*''Paphiopedilum philippinense''
**''Paphiopedilum philippinense'' var. ''philippinense''
*''Paphiopedilum rhizomatosum''
**''Paphiopedilum villosum'' var. ''boxallii''

Continental Malaysia only


*''Agrostophyllum cyathiforme''
*''Agrostophyllum glumaceum''
*''Agrostophyllum javanicum''
*''Agrostophyllum laxum''
*''Agrostophyllum stipulatum'' subsp. ''bicuspidatum''
*''Agrostophyllum tenue''
*''Dendrochilum carnosum''
*''Dendrochilum coccineum''
''Dendrochilum gracile''
*''Dendrochilum gracile'' var. ''gracile''
''Dendrochilum gramineum''
*''Paphiopedilum bullenianum''
*''Paphiopedilum bullenianum'' var. ''bullenianum''
*''Paphiopedilum lowii''
*''Paphiopedilum lowii'' var. ''lowii''

Indonesia only, including whole of Borneo


''Dendrochilum galeatum'' H.A.Pedersen 1995 publ. 1996
*''Paphiopedilum javanicum''
*''Paphiopedilum javanicum]]'' var. ''javanicum''
*''Paphiopedilum liemianum''
*''Paphiopedilum mastersianum''
*''Paphiopedilum mastersianum'' var. ''mastersianum''
*''Paphiopedilum mastersianum'' var. ''mohrianum'' (Lesser Sunda Is.

Borneo only




Java endemic


*''Agrostophyllum latilobum''
*''Dendrochilum abbreviatum''
''Dendrochilum abbreviatum'' var. ''abbreviatum''
''Dendrochilum abbreviatum'' var. ''remiforme''
''Dendrochilum brachyotum''
*''Dendrochilum edentulum'' var. ''edentulum''
''Dendrochilum oxyglossum''
''Dendrochilum spathaceum''
''Dendrochilum zollingeri''
*''Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum''
*''Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum'' var. ''glaucophyllum''
*''Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum'' var. ''moquetteanum ''

Sulawesi endemics, Malukus endemics, and species endemic to both


*''Agrostophyllum amboinense''
*''Agrostophyllum atrovirens''
*''Agrostophyllum simile''
*''Agrostophyllum vanhulstijnii''
*''Dendrochilum ambangense''
*''Dendrochilum celebesense''
*''Dendrochilum citrinum''
*''Dendrochilum edentulum'' var. ''patentibracteatum''
*''Dendrochilum erectilabium''
*''Dendrochilum eymae''
''Dendrochilum heptaphyllum''
''Dendrochilum latibrachiatum''
''Dendrochilum longipedicellatum''
''Dendrochilum macropterum''
''Dendrochilum monodii''
''Dendrochilum muriculatum''
''Dendrochilum simplicissimum''
''Dendrochilum tenuissimum''
*''Paphiopedilum bullenianum'' var. ''celebesense''
*''Paphiopedilum gigantifolium''
*''Paphiopedilum intaniae''
*''Paphiopedilum lowii'' var. ''richardianum''
*''Paphiopedilum sangii''
*''Paphiopedilum schoseri''

Sumatra only




Species native to more than one of the following: Western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan


*''Acanthephippium javanicum''
*''Acanthephippium splendidum''
*''Agrostophyllum denbergeri''
*''Agrostophyllum inocephalum''
*''Agrostophyllum mearnsii''
*''Agrostophyllum sumatranum''
*''Agrostophyllum trifidum''
''Dendrochilum angustifolium''
''Dendrochilum aurantiacum''
''Dendrochilum crassum''
*''Dendrochilum cornutum''
''Dendrochilum dewindtianum''
''Dendrochilum edentulum''
''Dendrochilum exalatum''
*''Dendrochilum glumaceum''
''Dendrochilum kingii''
''Dendrochilum kingii'' var. ''kingii''
''Dendrochilum longifolium''
''Dendrochilum linearifolium''
''Dendrochilum odoratum''
''Dendrochilum simile''
''Dendrochilum uncatum'''
*''Dendrochilum uncatum'' var. ''uncatum''
''Dendrochilum vaginatum'' J.J.Sm. 1904

Philippines only




Thailand only


''Dendrochilum viride''
**''Paphiopedilum callosum'' var. ''potentianum''
*''Paphiopedilum exul''
*''Paphiopedilum godefroyae''
*''Paphiopedilum sukhakulii''
*''Paphiopedilum thaianum''
*''Paphiopedilum vejvarutianum''

Vietnam only


*''Paphiopedilum delenatii''
*''Paphiopedilum helenae''
*''Paphiopedilum tranlienianum'' .
**''Paphiopedilum tranlienianum'' f. ''alboviride''
*''Paphiopedilum vietnamense''
*''Pleione vietnamensis''

Southeast Asia through New Guinea and Pacific Islands


*''Agrostophyllum elongatum''
*''Agrostophyllum majus''
*''Agrostophyllum stipulatum''
*''Agrostophyllum parviflorum''
*''Agrostophyllum stipulatum'' subsp. ''stipulatum''

Europe through Asia


*''Cypripedium calceolus''
*''Cypripedium macranthum''

New Guinea and adjacent islands only




New Guinea through Pacific Islands


*''Agrostophyllum curvilabre''
*''Agrostophyllum graminifolium''
*''Agrostophyllum leucocephalum''
*''Agrostophyllum megalurum''
*''Agrostophyllum paniculatum''
*''Agrostophyllum superpositum''
*''Agrostophyllum torricellense''

Pacific Islands endemic


*''Agrostophyllum aristatum''
*''Agrostophyllum kusaiense''
*''Agrostophyllum palawense''
*''Earina aestivalis''
*''Earina autumnalis''
*''Earina mucronata''
*''Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum''
**''Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum'' var. ''bougainvilleanum''
**''Paphiopedilum bougainvilleanum'' var. ''saskianum''
*''Paphiopedilum wentworthianum''

North America only


*''Arethusa bulbosa''
*''Cypripedium acaule''
*''Cypripedium × andrewsii''
*''Cypripedium arietinum''
*''Cypripedium candidum''
*''Cypripedium × columbianum''
*''Cypripedium fasciculatum''
*''Cypripedium kentuckiense''
*''Cypripedium parviflorum'' .
*''Cypripedium parviflorum'' var. ''parviflorum''
*''Cypripedium parviflorum'' var. ''pubescens''
*''Cypripedium passerinum''
*''Cypripedium reginae''

Pacific Coast only


*''Cypripedium × alaskanum''
*''Cypripedium californicum''
*''Cypripedium montanum''

Canadian Prairies only


*''Cypripedium x herae''

Mexico endemics


*''Cypripedium molle''

Mexico through Central and South America endemics


*''Brassavola cucullata''
*''Brassavola nodosa''
*''Brassavola venosa''
*''Cypripedium dickinsonianum''
*''Cypripedium irapeanum''
*''Mexipedium xerophyticum''
*''Phragmipedium exstaminodium''

Central America and Caribbean Islands


*''Brassavola acaulis''
*''Brassavola subulifolia''
*''Brassavola gillettei''
*''Brassavola harrisii''
*''Cattleya dowiana''
*''Phragmipedium popowii''

Central America and Caribbean Islands through South America


*''Brassavola grandiflora''
*''Cattleya aurea''
*''Cattleya gaskelliana''
*''Phragmipedium longifolium''

Pantropical South America endemics


includes all tropical regions in South America:
*''Brassavola martiana''

Andes endemics


includes portions of countries along the Andean cordillera: Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia.
*''Cattleya iricolor''

Northern South America endemics


spans several of these entities: Venezuela, Guyana, French Guyana, and northern parts of Brazil, Peru, and Argentina.
*''Brassavola gardneri''
*''Brassavola retusa''
*''Brassavola tuberculata''
*''Cattleya jenmanii''
*''Cattleya lawrenceana''
*''Cattleya lueddemanniana''
*''Phragmipedium klotzschianum''
*''Phragmipedium lindenii''
*''Phragmipedium lindleyanum''
*''Phragmipedium tetzlaffianum''
''Selenipedium steyermarkii''

Southern South America endemics


spans several of these entities: southern Brazil, and the countries Paraguay and Uruguay.
*''Cattleya intermedia''
*''Cattleya loddigesii''
*''Cattleya loddigesii'' subsp. ''loddigesii''

Bolivia only


*''Phragmipedium caricinum''

Brazil endemics


*''Brassavola duckeana''
*''Brassavola fasciculata''
*''Brassavola flagellaris''
*''Brassavola fragans''
*''Brassavola reginae''
*''Brassavola revoluta''
*''Brassavola rhomboglossa''
*''Cattleya aclandiae''
*''Cattleya amethystoglossa''
*''Cattleya bicolor''
**''Cattleya bicolor'' subsp. ''bicolor''
**''Cattleya bicolor'' subsp. ''canastrensis''
**''Cattleya bicolor'' subsp. ''minasgeraiensis''
*''Cattleya dormaniana''
*''Cattleya elongata''
*''Cattleya forbesii''
*''Cattleya granulosa''
*''Cattleya guttata'' .
*''Cattleya harrisoniana'' .
*''Cattleya kerrii'' .
*''Cattleya labiata''
**''Cattleya loddigesii'' subsp. ''purpurea''
*''Cattleya porphyroglossa'' .
*''Cattleya schilleriana'' .
*''Cattleya schofieldiana''
*''Cattleya tenuis'' .
*''Cattleya tigrina''
*''Cattleya velutina''
*''Cattleya walkeriana''
*''Cattleya wallisii''
*''Cattleya warneri''
*''Phragmipedium brasiliense''
*''Phragmipedium chapadense''
*''Phragmipedium vittatum''
*''Selenipedium isabelianum''
*''Selenipedium palmifolium''
*''Selenipedium vanillocarpum''

Colombia endemics


*''Brassavola filifolia''
*''Cattleya candida''
*''Cattleya mendelii''
*''Cattleya schroderae''
*''Cattleya trianae''
*''Cattleya warscewiczii''
*''Phragmipedium schlimii''

Colombia through Ecuador


*''Phragmipedium warszewiczianum''

Ecuador only


*''Phragmipedium andreettae''
*''Phragmipedium besseae'' var. ''dalessandroi''
*''Phragmipedium fischeri''
*''Phragmipedium hirtzii''
*''Phragmipedium × roethianum''
*''Selenipedium aequinoctiale''

Ecuador through Peru


*''Phragmipedium besseae''
**''Phragmipedium besseae'' var. ''besseae''
*''Phragmipedium boissierianum''
**''Phragmipedium boissierianum'' var. ''czerwiakowianum''
*''Phragmipedium pearcei''
*''Phragmipedium reticulatum''

Peru endemics


*''Cattleya mooreana''
*''Phragmipedium boissierianum'' var. ''boissierianum''
*''Phragmipedium kovachii''
*''Phragmipedium richteri''

Other South America endemics


spans several South American countries and does not fit in any of the above:
*''Cattleya luteola''
*''Cattleya maxima''

Siberia only, or through Korea, Japan, and Alaska, or circumpolar


*''Calypso bulbosa''
*''Cypripedium × catherinae''
*''Cypripedium guttatum''
*''Cypripedium × ventricosum''
*''Cypripedium yatabeanum''

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