Aerides falcata

Aerides falcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Aerides
Species:
A. falcata
Binomial name
Aerides falcata
Lindl. & Paxton (1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aerides larpentae Rchb.f. (1856)
  • Aerides mendelii E. Morren (1876)
  • Aerides expansa var. leoniae Rchb.f.
  • Aerides leoniae (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
  • Aerides falcata var. leoniae (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch
  • Aerides siamense Klinge (1898)
  • Aerides falcata var. maurandii Guillaumin (1953)

Aerides falcata is a species of epiphytic orchid[2] native to Yunnan, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Lindley, John & Paxton, Joseph. 1851. Paxton's Flower Garden. Revised. 2: 142
  3. ^ Flora of China v 25 p 486, 指甲兰 zhi jia lan, Aerides falcata