Corybas himalaicus (King & Pantl.) Schltr.

in Fedde, Repert. 19. 19 (1924).

Synonymes

Calcearia himalaica (King & Pantl.) D.Jones & M.A.Clem. in Orchadian 13(10): 444 (2002).

Corybas himalaica (King & Pantl.) U.C.Pradhan in ref. [37]P.143

Corybas purpureus J.Joseph & Yoganarasimhan in Indian Forester, Xciii. 815 (1967).

Corybas shanlinshiensis Lin, T.C.Hsu & W.M.Lin in Taiwania, 52(4): 281 (2007).

Corysanthes himalaica King & Pantl. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 55. 128 (1876). (basionyme)

Répartition

Bhoutan, Inde, Sikkim, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam.

Inde : Meghalaya.

Taiwan : Nan-t'ou.

Floraison : _____JJA____. Altitude de 2600 à 3040 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 5 à 8 cm. Feuille unique, de 10-13 × 8-10 mm, cordées. Bractées lancéolées, linéaires. Inflorescence . Fleur unique. Sépale dorsal concave, en coiffe, oblancéolé, de 13-14 × 4-5 mm. Sépales latéraux filiformes, de 8-9 × 0-1 mm. Pétales filiformes, de 7-8 × 0-1 mm. Labelle oblong, de 10-12 × 10-12 mm.

Bibliographie

Udai C. Pradhan. Indian orchids : Guide I. Udai C. Pradhan. 1976. Page 143. Dessin.

P. Van Royen. The genus Corybas in its eastern areas. J. Cramer FL-9490 Vaduz. 1983. Page 21 (sous le nom Corybas purpureus).

N.R. Pearce & P.J. Cribb. The orchids of Bhutan. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 2002. Page 120. Dessin.

John Dransfield, J.B. Comber & G. Smith. Corybas West of Wallace's line. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1986. Page 586. Photo, dessin.

S.Z. Lucksom. The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya. S.Z. Lucksom. 2007. Page 137. Dessin.

Wu Zhengyi & Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan. Flora of China. Orchidaceae. Science Press (Beijing). 2009. Page 87.

Dhan Bahadur Gurung. An illustrated guide to the orchids of Bhutan. DSB Publications. 2006. Page 32. Photo.

Wei-Min Lin & Yi-Fu Wang. The wild orchids of Taiwan. KBCC Press. 2014. Page 280 (sous le nom Corybas shanlinshiensis). Photo.

Naresh Swami. Terrestrial orchids. Thomson Press India Ltd, Faridabad. 2016. Page 48. Photo.

André Schuiteman, B. Ramamurthy Kailash & Uttam Babu Shrestha. A checklist of the Orchidaceae of India. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. 2022. Page 66.

The wild orchids in Tibet. Tongji University Press. 2023. Page 177. Photo.