Flickingeria xantholeuca (Rchb.f.) A.D.Hawkes

 Flickingeria xantholeuca (Rchb.f.) A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 27: 307 1965.

Flickingeria xantholeuca (Rchb.f.) A.D.Hawkes; Photo Yosuke Oda

Common Name:

The Yellow and White Flickingeria

Synonyms:

Callista lonchophylla (Hook.f.) Kuntze 

Callista xantholeuca (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 

Dendrobium lonchophyllum Hook.f. 

Dendrobium pallidiflorum Ridl. 

Dendrobium xantholeucum Rchb.f. 

Dendrobium xantholeucum var. obtusilobum J.J.Sm. 

Desmotrichum lonchophyllum (Hook.f.) Kraenzl. 

Desmotrichum pallidiflorum (Ridl.) Kraenzl. 

Desmotrichum xantholeucum (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 

Ephemerantha lonchophylla (Hook.f.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 

Ephemerantha xantholeuca (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 

Flickingeria lonchophylla (Hook.f.) A.D.Hawkes 

Chemical:

three new ent-pimarane-type diterpenes, flickinxthanthosides A-C (1-3), one known analogue, and three new ent-kaurane-type diterpenes, flickinxanthosides D and E  and flickinxanthol A  were isolated from the stem of Flickingeria xantholeuca

Distribution:

Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Kalimantan and Sabah Borneo as well as Sumatra.

Ecological:

In riverine forests at elevations of sealevel to 1100 m.

References:

ipni.org 

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Muto M, Asahina H, Yoshioka T, Ozaki K, Shibano M. Evaluation of the chemical quality of Sekkoku () in current Japanese commercial crude drugs: constituents of Flickingeria xantholeuca (Rchb. f.) A.D. Hawkes. J Nat Med. 2017 Jan;71(1):238-248. doi: 10.1007/s11418-016-1054-5. Epub 2016 Nov 3. PMID: 27812785.