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December 2024

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Phalaenopsis tetraspis Rchb.f.

This species name was first published in Xenia Orchid. 2: 146 (1870)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000268333.

Synonyms of Phalaenopsis tetraspis Rchb.f.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Phalaenopsis barrti King ex Hook.f. Cent. Orchid. Pl. : 38 (1895) wfo-0000268160
Phalaenopsis speciosa Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 15: 562 (1881) wfo-0000268317
Phalaenopsis speciosa var. christiana E.S.Berk. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 18: 745 (1882) wfo-0000268318
Phalaenopsis speciosa var. imperatrix E.S.Berk. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 18: 745 (1882) wfo-0000268321
Polychilos speciosa (Rchb.f.) Shim Malayan Nat. J. 36: 26 (1982) wfo-0000279914
Phalaenopsis speciosa var. maculata Gower Garden (London, 1871-1927) 37: 582 (1890) wfo-0000919427
Phalaenopsis speciosa var. tetraspis (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 37: 1092 (1968) wfo-0000919429
Phalaenopsis sumatrana var. alba G.Wilson Orchid World 5: 146 (1915) wfo-0000919430
Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. speciosa (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins Phalaenopsis J. 26(4): 18 (2016) wfo-0001322021
Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. imperatrix (E.S.Berk.) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins Phalaenopsis J. 26(4): 19 (2016) wfo-0001322022
Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. christiana (E.S.Berk.) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins Phalaenopsis J. 26(4): 19 (2016) wfo-0001322023
Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. alba O.Gruss & Koop. Orchid Digest 80: 280 (2019) wfo-1200009059
Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. brunneola O.Gruss & Koop. Orchid Digest 80: 280 (2019) wfo-1200009060
Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. livida O.Gruss & S.Tönne Orchidee, Taxon. Mitt. 3(5): 37 (2017) wfo-1200065472
Phalaenopsis speciosa subvar. christiana (E.S.Berk.) A.H.Kent Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 39 (1891) wfo-1200066005
Phalaenopsis speciosa subvar. imperatrix (E.S.Berk.) A.H.Kent Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 38 (1891) wfo-1200066044