Acampe carinata(Griff.) Panigrahi

WFO wfo-0000257459 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Acampe carinata, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. a Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / 2021-12-25 / obs. 174376041
Acampe carinata, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. b Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168015638
Acampe carinata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. c Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 71759086

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Acampe carinata is native: China South-Central, Hainan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralHainanAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Acampe carinata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acampe papillosa var. flava A.P.Das, Katham & Nirola
  • Gastrochilus catinatus Schltr.
  • Saccolabium carinatum Griff.
  • Saccolabium catinatum Ridl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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