Aerides odorata

Aerides odorata
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Aerides
Species:	A. odorata
Binomial name
Aerides odorata Lour. [1]
Synonyms [2]
Homotypic Synonyms Aeridium odorumSalisb. Epidendrum odoratum(Lour.) Poir. Heterotypic Synonyms Aerides ballantinianaRchb.f. Aerides cornutaRoxb. Aerides dayanaGuillaumin Aerides flavidaLindl. Aerides jucundaRchb.f. Aerides latifolia(Thunb. ex Sw.) Sw. Aerides micholitziiRolfe Aerides nobilisB.S.Williams Aerides odorata var. annamensisCostantin Aerides odorata var. birmanicaRchb.f. Aerides odorata var. demidoviiLinden Aerides odorata var. eburneaCogn. Aerides odorata f. immaculata(Guillaumin) M.Wolff & O.Gruss Aerides odorata subvar. immaculataGuillaumin Aerides odorata var. majorOrtgies Aerides odorata var. micholitzii(Rolfe) Guillaumin Aerides odorata var. pallidaGuillaumin Aerides reichenbachiiLinden Aerides reichenbachii var. cochinchinensisRchb.f. Aerides rohanianaRchb.f. Aerides suaveolensBlume Aerides suaveolens var. virens(Lindl.) Blume Aerides suavissimaLindl. Aerides suavissima var. ballantiniana(Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent Aerides virensLindl. Aerides virens var. ellisiiB.S.Williams Aerides wilsonianaT.Moore & Mast. Epidendrum aeridesRaeusch. Limodorum latifoliumThunb. ex Sw. Orxera cornuta(Roxb.) Raf. Polytoma odoriferaLour. ex B.A.Gomes

Aerides odorata is a species of flowering plant in the Orchidaceae . ^{[2] [3]} It is widespread across much of Southeast Asia, found in the lowland forests of China (Yunnan, Guangdong), Himalayas, Bhutan, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and the Philippines. ^{[4] [5]} Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. "Aerides odorata". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 2 September 2012.
2. "Aerides odorata Lour". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
3. "Aerides odorata Lour". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Flora of China, v 25 p 285, 香花指甲兰 xiang hua zhi jia lan, Aerides odorata

External links

• Media related to Aerides odorata at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Aerides odorata at Wikispecies