Species Information - Zeuxine cordata

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Zeuxine cordata

Zeuxine cordata (Lindl.) Ormerod, Lindleyana 17 (2002) 236

Type: Reinwardt s.n. (Moluccas, Banda) (holo K, drawing only)

Synonyms:

Aeteria cordata Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1 (1857) 185
Heteria cordata (Lindl.) Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 725

IN PREPARATION

Distribution:

Indonesia (Moluccas), Papua New Guinea

Distribution New Guinea:

Papua New Guinea (North Eastern Distr., possibly also Central Prov.)

Classification:

Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae
Subtribe Goodyerinae
Genus Zeuxine
Section Monochilus
Species Zeuxine cordata

Notes:

Ormerod (Lindleyana 17 (2002) 236) suggests that Zeuxine amboinensis could be synonymous with Zeuxine cordata (Lindl.) Ormerod, which he also records from Papua New Guinea