The New Refugium Botanicum. Rhynchostylis gigantea

Abstract

Rhynchostylis gigantea (Lindl.) Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32:356. 1896. Saccolabium giganteum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 221. 1833. Gastrochilus giganteus (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2:661. 1891. Anota gigantea (Lindl.) Fukuy., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 34:111. 1944. TYPE: [Myanmar]. Habitat in India Orientali prope Prome, N. Wallich 7306 (holotype, K). Other synonyms: Vanda densiflora Lindl., Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 2:21, sub t. 42. 1851. TYPE: [India]. Habitat in India Orientali prope Madras, R. Wight s.n. (holotype, K). Vanda violacea Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 27: Misc. 12. 1841. TYPE: Philippines. Manila. Sent to Messrs. Loddiges, H. Cuming s.n. (holotype, K). Saccolabium harrisonianum Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 90:t. 5433. 1864. TYPE: [Indonesia?]. Imported by C.H. Harrison from Pulo Copang, comm. from Messrs. Stuart & Low, Nov. 1863, Harrison s.n. (holotype, K). Saccolabium albolineatum Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 27:20. 1864. TYPE: Thailand: Hab. Regnum Siamense, Tejismann s.n. (holotype, L). Saccolabium giganteum var. illustre Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. n.s. 21:44. 1884. TYPE: India: Assam, ex hort F. Sander s.n. (holotype, W). Saccolabium giganteum var. petonianum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. n.s. 24:746. 1885. TYPE: [Vietnam] CochinChina, ex hort. M. Godefroy Lebeuf s.n. (holotype, W). Vanda hainanensis Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896(119):199. 1896. TYPE: China. Hainan, B.C. Henry 37 (holotype, K).