Vanda tessellata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Vanda tessellata']

English: Grey orchid
مصرى: فاندا تيسيلاتا
বাংলা: দেশি রাস্না
മലയാളം: മരവഞ്ചി
मराठी: रास्ना
ଓଡ଼ିଆ: ରାସ୍ନା
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ: ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱵᱟ.ᱝᱠᱤ
中文: 黑珊瑚万代兰
中文（中国大陆）: 黑珊瑚万代兰
中文（简体）: 黑珊瑚万代兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Vanda (Orchidaceae) • Species: Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don (1830)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Epidendrum tessellatum Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 34 (1795)
Homotypic synonyms
- Cymbidium tessellatum (Roxb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 75 (1799)
- Aerides tessellata (Roxb.) Wight ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 240 (1833)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Vanda roxburghii R.Br., Bot. Reg. 6: t. 506 (1820)
- Cymbidium allagnata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.º 7327 (1832)
- Cymbidium tesselloides Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 463 (1832)
- Vanda tesselloides (Roxb.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 864 (1864)
- Vanda roxburghii var. wrightiana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 20: 262 (1883)

Type species

Flowers

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Buds

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Capsules (fruit)

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Seeds
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Seeds

Botanical illustrations

Vanda tessellata
vol. 1 plate 42 in:
William Roxburgh:
Plants of the coast of Coromandel
(1795)
Vanda tessellata
(as syn.
Vanda roxburghii)
plate 506 in:
The Botanical Register
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 6,
(1820)
Vanda tessellata
(as syn.
Vanda roxburghii)
plate 2245 in:
Curtis's Bot. Magazine
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 48,
(1821)
Vanda tessellata
(as syn.
Vanda roxburghii)
Plate 59 in:
R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
The Orchid Album
(1882-1897)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Asia-Temperate China China South-Central. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Indo-China Myanmar.