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]

Vanda ampullacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

References edit

  1. ^ "Vanda ampullacea (Roxb.) L.M.Gardiner". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Ascocentrum ampullaceum" (PDF). American Orchid Society. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  3. ^ Gardiner, Lauren Maria (2012). "New combinations in the genus Vanda (Orchidaceae)" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 61: 47–54. ISSN 1179-3163. Retrieved 2019-02-19.