Studies in Oberonia 11: The genus Hippeophyllum reduced to Oberonia, with ten new synonyms of Oberonia scortechinii (Orchidaceae: Malaxideae)

Abstract

The genus Hippeophyllum Schltr. is synonymised under Oberonia Lindl. The following names are synonymised under Oberonia scortechinii Hook.f.: Hippeophyllum alboviride J.J.Sm., H. biakense J.J.Sm., H. celebicum Schltr., H. halmaherense J.J.Sm., O. hamadryas Ridl., O. longifolia Ridl., H. micranthum Schtr., H. papillosum Schltr., H. sulense J.J.Sm. and H. wenzelii Ames. Oberonia scortechinii is an epiphyte distributed from Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines, to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands at elevations of 0–500 m (rarely to 1000 m).