Pomatocalpa diffusum Breda 1830

Pomatocalpa diffusum Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 4: t. 16 (1830).

Distribution:     Pen. Thailand to Malesia
41 THA
42 BOR JAW LSI MLY PHI SUL SUM

Lifeform:     Epiphytic cham.
Family:     Orchidaceae

Heterotypic Synonyms:

• Cleisostoma latifolium Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 60 (1840).
• Cleisostoma cumingii Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 218 (1856).
• Saccolabium hortense Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 39: 83 (1870).
• Saccolabium latifolium (Lindl.) Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee, Nachtr.: 230 (1905).
• Pomatocalpa hortense (Ridl.) J.J.Sm., Natuurw. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 104 (1912).
• Pomatocalpa latifolium (Lindl.) J.J.Sm., Natuurw. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 105 (1912).
• Sarcanthus cumingii (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm., Natuurw. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 85 (1912). 

This name is Accepted by:

• Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Watthana, S. (2006). The Pomatocalpa maculosum complex (Orchidaceae) resolved by multivariate morphometric analysis. Taiwania 51: 1-10.

This name is not Accepted by:

• Van Steenis-Kruseman, M.J. & Veldkamp, J.F. (1991). VIII. Van Breda's Genera et Species Orchidearum Fasc. IIII effectively published. Flora Malesiana Bulletin 10: 331-334. [as Pomatocalpa latifolium]