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.
Synonyms
	Homotypic Synonyms Aeridium odorum Salisb. ; Epidendrum odoratum (Lour.) Poir.; Heterotypic Synonyms Aerides ballantiniana Rchb.f. ; Aerides cornuta Roxb. ; Aerides dayana Guillaumin ; Aerides flavida Lindl. ; Aerides jucunda Rchb.f. ; Aerides latifolia (Thunb. ex Sw.) Sw. ; Aerides micholitzii Rolfe ; Aerides nobilis B.S.Williams ; Aerides odorata var. annamensis Costantin ; Aerides odorata var. birmanica Rchb.f. ; Aerides odorata var. demidovii Linden ; Aerides odorata var. eburnea Cogn. ; Aerides odorata f. immaculata (Guillaumin) M.Wolff & O.Gruss ; Aerides odorata subvar. immaculata Guillaumin ; Aerides odorata var. major Ortgies ; Aerides odorata var. micholitzii (Rolfe) Guillaumin ; Aerides odorata var. pallida Guillaumin ; Aerides reichenbachii Linden ; Aerides reichenbachii var. cochinchinensis Rchb.f. ; Aerides rohaniana Rchb.f. ; Aerides suaveolens Blume ; Aerides suaveolens var. virens (Lindl.) Blume ; Aerides suavissima Lindl. ; Aerides suavissima var. ballantiniana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent ; Aerides virens Lindl. ; Aerides virens var. ellisii B.S.Williams ; Aerides wilsoniana T.Moore & Mast. ; Epidendrum aerides Raeusch. ; Limodorum latifolium Thunb. ex Sw. ; Orxera cornuta (Roxb.) Raf. ; Polytoma odorifera Lour. 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

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

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[IPNI-1] "Aerides odorata". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

[POWO-2] "Aerides odorata Lour". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 15, 2025.

[COL-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

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