Pleione praecox is a species of orchid found from the west-central Himalaya to China (southern Yunnan).[1][2] It is the type species of the genus Pleione.

Pleione praecox
Illustration of Pleione praecox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Genus: Pleione
Species:
P. praecox
Binomial name
Pleione praecox
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum praecox Sm. (basionym)
  • Coelogyne birmanica Rchb.f.
  • Coelogyne praecox (Sm.) Lindl.
  • Coelogyne praecox var. sanguinea Lindl.
  • Coelogyne praecox var. tenera Rchb.f.
  • Coelogyne praecox var. wallichiana (Lindl.) Lindl.
  • Coelogyne reichenbachiana T.Moore & Veitch
  • Coelogyne wallichiana Lindl.
  • Cymbidium praecox (Sm.) Lindl.
  • Dendrobium praecox (Sm.) Sm.
  • Pleione birmanica (Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams
  • Pleione concolor B.S.Williams
  • Pleione praecox f. candida (Pfitzer) O.Gruss & M.Wolff
  • Pleione praecox var. alba E.W.Cooper
  • Pleione praecox var. candida Pfitzer
  • Pleione praecox var. reichenbachiana (T.Moore & Veitch) Torelli & Riccab.
  • Pleione reichenbachiana (T.Moore & Veitch) Kuntze
  • Pleione wallichiana (Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton

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  1. ^ Teoh, Eng Soon (2021), Teoh, Eng Soon (ed.), "Pleione D. Don", Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 2 (G - P), Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 323–328, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-80428-2_36, ISBN 978-3-030-80428-2, retrieved 2022-12-04
  2. ^ Li, Yu-Peng; Shao, Ya-Ting; Zhang, Rong-Ping (2021-05-01). "A New Phenanthrene Derivative from Pleione praecox". Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 57 (3): 409–411. doi:10.1007/s10600-021-03375-1. ISSN 1573-8388.