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| syn. Alismorkis angraeciflora, Alismorkis diploxiphion, Alismorkis furcata, Alismorkis veratrifolia, Amblyglottis veratrifolia, Bletia quadrifida, Calanthe angraeciflora, Calanthe bracteosa, Calanthe brevicolumna, Calanthe catilligera, Calanthe celebica, Calanthe comosa, Calanthe furcata, Calanthe furcata f. albolineata, Calanthe furcata f. albomarginata, Calanthe furcata f. brevicolumna, Calanthe diploxiphion, Calanthe gracillima, Calanthe matsumurana, Calanthe millotae, Calanthe nephroglossa, Calanthe orthocentron, Calanthe perrottetii, Calanthe proboscidea, Calanthe pubescens, Calanthe rubicallosa, Calanthe triplicata f. albolineata, Calanthe triplicata var. angraeciflora, Calanthe triplicata var. gracillima, Calanthe triplicata var. minahassae, Calanthe veratrifolia, Calanthe veratrifolia var. australis, Calanthe veratrifolia var. dupliciloba, Calanthe veratrifolia var. kennyi, Calanthe veratrifolia var. lancipetala, Calanthe veratrifolia var. stenochila, Limodorum ventricosum, Limodorum veratrifolium, Orchis triplicata |
| distribution: (within
Polynesia) Fiji: Taveuni, Vanua Levu, Viti Levu Samoa: Ofu, Olosega, Savai'i, Ta'u, Tutuila, 'Upolu Society Islands: Huahine, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti Tubuai Islands: Tubuai Wallis and Futuna: Alofi, Futuna |
| native name:
tupu - Society Islands tuputupu - Society Islands varavara - Vanua Levu / Fiji |
 left:Calanthe triplicata, inflorescence Photo: Alexander Lang |
| References: - Phillip Cribb; W. Arthur Whistler: Orchids of Samoa. Kew Publishing, 1996 |