Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardinae

Section of flowering plants

Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardinae

Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Asparagales
Family:  | Orchidaceae
Subfamily:  | Epidendroideae
Tribe:  | Dendrobieae
Genus:  | Bulbophyllum
Section:  | Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardinae
Bentham 1883
Type species
Bulbophyllum leopardinum

Species

See text

Synonyms

* Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardina Bentham & J. D. Hooker, 1883

Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardinae is a section of the genus Bulbophyllum.[1]

## Description[edit]

Species in this section have nodes at base of pedicel coinciding with bract attachment, or removed.

## Distribution[edit]

Plants from this section are found from the Himalayas to West Pacific.

## Species[edit]

Bulbophyllum section  Leopardinae comprises the following species:

Image | Name | Distribution | Elevation (m)

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| Bulbophyllum ambrosia [Hance] Schlechter 1919 | China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan ) and Vietnam | 300–1,300 metres (980–4,270 ft)
| Bulbophyllum colomaculosum Z.H.Tsi & S.C.Chen 1994 | China (Yunnan) | 1,700 metres (5,600 ft)
| Bulbophyllum griffithii (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1864 | Assam India, Bhutan, Sikkim and southern China | 1,000–3,000 metres (3,300–9,800 ft)
| Bulbophyllum leopardinum (Wall.) Lindl. 1830 | Assam India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar and Thailand | 1,300–3,300 metres (4,300–10,800 ft)
| Bulbophyllum obrienianum Rolfe 1892 | Assam India and Bhutan | 1,200–1,640 metres (3,940–5,380 ft)
| Bulbophyllum pectinatum Finet 1897 | sounthern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, India and Taiwan | 1,000–2,500 metres (3,300–8,200 ft)
| Bulbophyllum psittacoglossum Rchb. f. 1863 | China (Yunnan), Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam | 1,200–1,700 metres (3,900–5,600 ft)
| Bulbophyllum transarisanensis Hayata 1916 | Taiwan | 1,500–2,500 metres (4,900–8,200 ft)
| Bulbophyllum yunnanense Rolfe 1903 | Nepal, China | 1,400–3,200 metres (4,600–10,500 ft)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bulbophyllum sect. Leopardina in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org Home. Retrieved 2023-06-16.