Zeuxine strateumatica(L.) Schltr.

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WFO wfo-0000335386 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Zeuxine strateumatica, photographed by natalie
fig. a natalie, CC0 1.0 / 2022-02-23 / obs. 180485499
Zeuxine strateumatica, photographed by Licheng Shih
fig. b Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179594197
Zeuxine strateumatica, photographed by Licheng Shih
fig. c Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179594203
Zeuxine strateumatica, photographed by Licheng Shih
fig. d Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179594224
Zeuxine strateumatica, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. e Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178753895
Zeuxine strateumatica, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. f Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177544785
Zeuxine strateumatica, photographed by Alan Jeon
fig. g Alan Jeon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176851459
Zeuxine strateumatica, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. h Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176623107

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Zeuxine strateumatica is native: Afghanistan, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Iran, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya AfghanistanChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanIranJapanTadzhikistanTaiwanTurkmenistanUzbekistanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Zeuxine strateumatica, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Iran IRN
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Taiwan TAI
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB

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.

Flowering 692 in flower of 717 examined

Peak flowering in Apr. Each bar is the share of Zeuxine strateumatica observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 692 of 717 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 7 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 25 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.

  • Adenostylis emarginata Blume
  • Adenostylis integerrima Blume
  • Adenostylis strateumatica (L.) Ames
  • Adenostylis sulcata (Roxb.) Hayata
  • Neottia strateumatica (L.) R.Br.
  • Orchis strateumatica L.
  • Pterygodium sulcata Roxb.
  • Pterygodium sulcatum Roxb.
  • Spiranthes strateumatica (L.) Lindl.
  • Strateuma zeylanica Raf.
  • Zeuxine bonii Gagnep.
  • Zeuxine bracteata Wight
  • Zeuxine brevifolia Wight
  • Zeuxine emarginata (Blume) Lindl.
  • Zeuxine integerrima (Blume) Lindl.
  • Zeuxine procumbens Blume
  • Zeuxine robusta Wight
  • Zeuxine rupicola Fukuy.
  • Zeuxine stenochila Schltr.
  • Zeuxine strateumatica f. rupicola (Fukuy.) T.Hashim.
  • Zeuxine strateumatica var. laxiflora I.Barua
  • Zeuxine strateumatica var. rupicola (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying
  • Zeuxine sulcata (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Wight
  • Zeuxine sulcata (Roxb.) Lindl.

and 1 more.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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