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Ludisia discolor

(Ker Gawl.) Blume (1859)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Genus: Ludisia

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Description

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Synonyms (35)

Anoectochilus dawsonianus H.Low ex Rchb.f. (1868)
Anoectochilus ordeanus S.Jenn. (1875)
Anoectochilus ordianus K.Koch (1871)
Anoectochilus rubrovenia E.J.Lowe & W.Howard (1861)
Dicrophyla elegans Raf. (1838)
Gonogona discolor (Ker Gawl.) Link (1822)
Goodyera dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) W.Bull (1871)
Goodyera discolor Ker Gawl. (1818)
Goodyera ordeana (S.Jenn.) Boxall ex Náves (1880)
Goodyera ordiana B.S.Williams (1871)
Goodyera rodigasciana L.Linden (1886)
Goodyera rubrovenia B.S.Williams (1862)
Haemaria dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Hasselbr. (1915)
Haemaria discolor (Ker Gawl.) Lindl. (1840)
Haemaria discolor var. concolor Ridl. (1896)
Haemaria discolor var. condorensis Gagnep. (1934)
Haemaria discolor var. dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams (1894)
Haemaria discolor var. denisoniana Kerch. (1894)
Haemaria discolor var. grandis Gagnep. (1934)
Haemaria discolor var. ordeana (S.Jenn.) B.S.Williams (1894)
Haemaria discolor var. rhodoneura Schltr. (1913)
Haemaria discolor var. trilineata Schltr. (1913)
Haemaria otletae Rolfe (1891)
Haemaria pauciflora Gagnep. (1933)
Haemaria rubrovenia (B.S.Williams) Rchb.f. ex Stein (1891)
Kuhlhasseltia carrii Holttum (1947)
Ludisia dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Aver. (1988)
Ludisia discolor var. dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) J.M.H.Shaw (2020)
Ludisia discolor var. ordiana (B.S.Williams) J.M.H.Shaw (2009)
Ludisia furetii Blume (1859)
Ludisia odorata Blume (1859)
Ludisia otletae (Rolfe) Aver. (1988)
Myoda rufescens Lindl. (1833)
Neottia discolor (Ker Gawl.) Steud. (1821)
Orchiodes discolor (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze (1891)

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Javae Nov. Ser.: 95 (1859)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ludisia discolor Koloa District, Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Bamboo bridge at W end of Hau tunnel Preserved_Specimen Creeping herb w/succulent stems; leaves brownish-maroon below, dark velvety brownish-green w/pinkish veins above; bracts subtending flowers white overlain w/brick red along keel; ovary white w/pale green linear marking; perianth white, labellum yello Flynn, T.W. 5725 Kauai BISH 1995-03-06
2 Ludisia discolor Aiea, 98-851 Iliee St., residence of William and Peggy Jones Growing in a hanging basket in partial shade. Preserved_Specimen An herb; leaf topsides blackish green w/salmon major veins. Leaf undersides beet red. Flowers white except for a lemon yellow staminal column. Flowers odorless (morning). Lau, J. 2041 Oahu BISH 1986-02-24
3 Ludisia discolor Garden Mart, Honolulu In 6 pot. Preserved_Specimen Leaves deep bronze, almost black with orange lines; flowers white with lemon yellow in lip. Staples, G.W. 982 Oahu BISH 1995-02-07
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