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Taxon:  Ludisia discolor (Ker Gawl.) Blume



Summary
Genus:
Ludisia
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Orchidoideae
Tribe:
Cranichideae
Nomen number:
406656
Place of publication:
Coll. Orchid. 113. 1859 (A. Richard in J. B. G. M. Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. class. hist. nat. 7:437. 1825, nom. inval.)
Comment:
A. Richard did not make this combination (Melbourne ICN Art. 35.2)
Verified:
02/16/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Haemaria discolor (Ker Gawl.) Lindl.

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Conservation Status
  • CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Cheung, Siu-cheong & Ning-hon Li, eds. Chinese medicinal herbs of Hong Kong. 1978-
  3. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  4. Comber, J. B. Orchids of Sumatra. 2001
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  6. Mabberley, D. J. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, third edition. 2008
  7. Seidenfaden, G. & J. J. Wood. The orchids of peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. 1992
  8. Seidenfaden, G. 1992. The orchids of Indochina. Opera Bot. 114:29.
  9. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
English
jewel orchid –
French
ludisia –
German
Blutständel –
Swedish
juvelorkidé –
Transcribed Chinese
xue ye lan –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaHong Kong  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2Cultivated     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan], Hong Kong
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Sumatra], Malaysia
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Seidenfaden, G. & J. J. Wood. The orchids of peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. 1992
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=406656. Accessed 18 December 2025.

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