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Accepted name:: Polystachya concreta (Jacq.) Garay & H.R.Sweet [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 59 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polystachya tessellata Lindl. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 130 (1862).
Callista flavescens (Blume) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891).
Cranichis luteola Sw. Fl. Ind. Occid. 3: 1433 (1806), nom. superfl.
Dendrobium flavescens (Blume) Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 85 (1830).
Dendrobium parvum Seidenf. Opera Bot. 124: 30 (1995).
Dendrobium polystachyum Sw. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 247 (1800), nom. superfl.
Dendrobium polystachyum Thouars Hist. Orchid.: t. 85 (1822), nom. illeg.
Dendrorkis extinctoria (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891).
Dendrorkis jussieuana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891).
Dendrorkis minuta (Aubl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891).
Dendrorkis polydendris Thouars Hist. Orchid.: t. 85 (1822).
Dendrorkis polystachyon Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891), nom. superfl.
Dendrorkis purpurea (Wight) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891).
Dendrorkis rufinula (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891).
Dendrorkis tessellata (Lindl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891).
Dendrorkis zollingeri (Rchb.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891).
Epidendrum concretum Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 30 (1760).
Epidendrum minutum Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 824 (1775).
Maxillaria luteola Beer Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 266 (1854), nom. superfl.
Maxillaria purpurea (Wight) Beer Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 226 (1854).
Onychium flavescens Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 325 (1825).
Polystachya buchananii Rolfe Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 335 (1893).
Polystachya caquetana Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 27: 79 (1924).
Polystachya colombiana Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 156 (1920).
Polystachya cubensis Schltr. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 9: 59 (1923).
Polystachya dagremondiana Kraenzl. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 60: 428 (1915).
Polystachya extinctoria Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 638 (1863).
Polystachya flavescens (Blume) J.J.Sm. Orch. Java: 284 (1905).
Polystachya gracilis De Wild. Not. Pl. Util. Congo 1: 136 (1903).
Polystachya hypocrita Rchb.f. Gard. Chron., n.s., 16: 685 (1881).
Polystachya jussieuana Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 641 (1863).
Polystachya kraenzliniana Pabst Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 18: 190 (1957).
Polystachya latifolia De Wild. Not. Pl. Util. Congo 1: 138 (1903).
Polystachya lehmbachiana Kraenzl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 166 (1900).
Polystachya lepidantha Kraenzl. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 290 (1926).
Polystachya lettowiana Kraenzl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 54 (1926).
Polystachya luteola Hook. Exot. Fl. 2: t. 103 (1824), nom. superfl.
Polystachya luteola var. exsanguis Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895).
Polystachya luteola var. paniculata Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895).
Polystachya luteola var. racemifera S.Moore in J.G.Baker, Fl. Mauritius: 362 (1877).
Polystachya luteola var. tincta Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895).
Polystachya mauritiana Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 742 (1826).
Polystachya minuta (Aubl.) Britton in J.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 328 (1903), nom. illeg.
Polystachya minuta Frapp. ex Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 190 (1895), not validly publ.
Polystachya penangensis Ridl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 344 (1896).
Polystachya pleistantha Kraenzl. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 21: 118 (1897).
Polystachya praealta Kraenzl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 118 (1905).
Polystachya purpurea Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1679 (1851).
Polystachya purpurea var. lutescens Gagnep. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 434 (1934).
Polystachya reichenbachiana Kraenzl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 39: 127 (1926).
Polystachya rufinula Rchb.f. Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 41 (1879).
Polystachya siamensis Ridl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 343 (1896).
Polystachya singapurensis Ridl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 343 (1896).
Polystachya tessellata var. tricruris (Rchb.f.) Schelpe S. African J. Bot. 28: 280 (1963).
Polystachya tricruris Rchb.f. Flora 50: 118 (1867).
Polystachya tricuspidata Hoehne Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 109 (1950).
Polystachya zanguebarica Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 115 (1897).
Polystachya zeylanica Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 78 (1838).
Polystachya zollingeri Rchb.f. Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 39 (1857).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polystachya concreta (Jacq.) Garay & H.R.Sweet	Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polystachya tessellata Lindl.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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