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| syn. Bletia tankervilleae, Calanthe bachmaensis, Dendrobium veratrifolium, Limodorum incarvillei, Limodorum spectabile, Limodorum tankervilleae, Pachyne spectabilis, Phaius blumei, Phaius blumei var. pulchra, Phaius carronii, Phaius giganteus, Phaius grandiflorus, Phaius grandifolius, Phaius grandifolius var. superbus, Phaius incarvillei, Phaius leucophaeus, Phaius tankarvilleae, Phaius tankarvilliae, Phaius tankervilleae f. veronicae, Phaius tankervilleae var. pulchra, Phaius tankervilleae var. superbus, Phaius tankervilliae, Phaius veratrifolius, Tankervillia cantoniensis |
| distribution: (within
Polynesia) Cook Islands: Mangaia, Rarotonga Fiji: Gau, Vanua Levu, Viti Levu Niue Samoa: Ofu (?), Olosega, Savai'i, Ta'u, 'Upolu Tonga: 'Eua, Niuafo'ou, Tofua Wallis and Futuna: Uvea |
| local name: nutupa - Rarotonga / Cook Islands varavara - Fiji varavara sa - Fiji vavara - Fiji vavara sa - Fiji vavara sere - Fiji |
 left:Phaius tankervilleae Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) |
| References: - Phillip Cribb; W. Arthur Whistler: Orchids of Samoa. Kew Publishing, 1996 |