Calanthe densiflora is a species of orchid. It is native to Nepal, eastern India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Nansei-shoto (the Ryukyu Islands) and China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, and Yunnan).[1][2]

Calanthe densiflora
1833 illustration from
Edwards's Botanical Register
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Calanthe
Species:
C. densiflora
Binomial name
Calanthe densiflora
Lindl. (1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phaius epiphyticus Seidenf. (1985)
  • Alismorkis densiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Calanthe kazuoi Yamam. (1930)

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