Acampe

Acampe rigida
Typus of Acampe

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Acampe

Overview of species (8)

A. carinata – A. cephalotes – A. hulae – A. joiceyana – A. ochracea – A. pachyglossa – A. praemorsa – A. rigida

Name

Acampe Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 4: 1 (1853), nom. cons.

• Type species: Acampe rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt (1970)
• Lectotype: Acampe rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt (Aerides rigida Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) designated by Seidenfaden, Bot. Mus. Leafl., 25(2): 54 (1977); and indirectly by Averyanov, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad), 76(6): 890 (1991)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Sarcanthus Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 817 (1824)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Northeast Tropical Africa Somalia South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland. West-Central Tropical Africa Zaire. Western Indian Ocean Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles. Asia-Temperate  China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan. Eastern Asia Taiwan. Asia-Tropica  Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Malaya, Philippines. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1853. Folia Orchidacea. Acampe 1.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 129 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Additional references

• Alrich, P. & Higgins, W. 2011. Orchid genera lectotypes. Lankesteriana 11(1): 69–94. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Acampe. Accessed: 2022 Oct 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Acampe in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Acampe. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Acampe. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Acampe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

ไทย: สกุลช้างสารภ
中文: 脆兰属, 脆花兰属
中文（简体）: 脆兰属

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