Robiquetia spathulata(Blume) J.J.Sm.

WFO wfo-0000297369 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Robiquetia spathulata, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. a Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-05-03 / obs. 72428603
Robiquetia spathulata, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. b Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72428600
Robiquetia spathulata, photographed by Gerard Chartier
fig. c Gerard Chartier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72428504

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Robiquetia spathulata is native: Hainan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam HainanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaJawaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Robiquetia spathulata, 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
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Hainan CHH ASIA-TEMPERATE

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 12 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.

  • Aerides densiflora (Lindl.) Wall. ex Hook.f.
  • Cleisostoma robustum Guillaumin
  • Cleisostoma spathulatum Blume
  • Cleisostoma spicatum Lindl.
  • Gastrochilus densiflorus (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Pomatocalpa densiflorum (Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang
  • Rhynchostylis densiflora (Lindl.) L.O.Williams
  • Saccolabium acutilabrum Gagnep.
  • Saccolabium borneense Rchb.f.
  • Saccolabium densiflorum Lindl.
  • Sarcanthus castaneus Ridl.
  • Sarcanthus densiflorus (Lindl.) C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.