Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Orchis falcata Thunb. in J.A.Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 811 (1784)

• Homotypic
  • Limodorum falcatum (Thunb.) Thunb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 326 (1794)
  • Angraecum falcatum (Thunb.) Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 15 (1821)
  • Oeceoclades falcata (Thunb.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 237 (1833)
  • Aerides thunbergii Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 205 (1866)
  • Vanda pygmaea H.Laurentius, Cat. (H.Laurentius) 40: 20 (1868), nom. superfl.
  • Angorchis falcata (Thunb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891)
  • Angraecopsis falcata (Thunb.) Schltr., Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 601 (1914)
  • Finetia falcata (Thunb.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 140 (1918)
  • Neofinetia falcata (Thunb.) Hu, Rhodora 27: 107 (1925)
  • Nipponorchis falcata (Thunb.) Masam., Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 11(4): 592 (1934)
  • Holcoglossum falcatum (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 182 (1972)

Primary references

• Beer, J.G. 1854. Praktisch Studien an der Familie der Orchideen 317.

Additional references

• Gardiner, L.M. (2012) New combinations in the genus Vanda (Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa 61: 47–54. Available online from Windsor Orchid Society, California, USA.

Links

• Emonocot.org 2018. Vanda falcata in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 4.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Vanda falcata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 4.
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Vanda falcata. Published online. Accessed 4 November 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Vanda falcata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 4.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Vanda falcata . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 November 4.