Notes on Asiatic Tropidia (Orchidaceae: Tropidieae)

Studies of material of Asiatic Tropidia reveals the need to clarify the identities and distribution of various taxa. A full description, illustration, and specimen citation is provided of the recently published T. maxwellii. The previously misunderstood T. capitata is characterized and illustrated. Notes are also supplied on the synonymy and distribution of T. curculigoides, T. namasiae, T. pedunculata, T. reichenbachiana, T. schlechteriana, T. septemnervis, T. squamata, and T. thwaitesii.