Pinalia bractescens(Lindl.) Kuntze

WFO wfo-0000273470 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Pinalia bractescens, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. a Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-03-22 / obs. 138900272
Pinalia bractescens, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. b Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168897179
Pinalia bractescens, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. c Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168897131

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
02650917
Filed as
Pinalia bractescens (Lindl.) Kuntze
Det. by
H. Kurzweil 2018-07-27
Collected
J. E. McMillen 1945-04-27
Origin
MM
The sheet
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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Pinalia bractescens is native: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam AssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Pinalia bractescens, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

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 13 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.

  • Dendrobium subterrestre Gagnep.
  • Eria bractescens Lindl.
  • Eria bractescens var. kurzii Hook.f.
  • Eria bractescens var. latipetala Leav.
  • Eria griffithii Rchb.f.
  • Eria kurzii Anderson ex Hook.f.
  • Eria lactea Kraenzl.
  • Eria littoralis Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Eria pulchella Griff.
  • Pinalia pulchella Kuntze
  • Trias bractescens (Lindl.) Mason
  • Trias pulchella Mason
  • Tropilis subterrestris (Gagnep.) Rauschert

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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