Apostasia

Apostasia wallichii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Apostasioideae
Genus: Apostasia

Overview of species (8)

A. fogangica – A. latifolia – A. nuda – A. odorata – A. parvula – A. ramifera – A. shenzhenica – A. wallichii

Name

Apostasia Blume, Bijdr.: 423 (1825)

• Type species: Apostasia odorata Blume, Bijdr.: 423 (1825)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Mesodactylis Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 74 (1830)
  • Niemeyera F.Muell., Fragm. 6: 96 (1867)
  • Neumayera Rchb.f., Flora 55: 278 (1872)
  • Adactylus Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 4: 329 (1896)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Apostasia - range map Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Eastern Asia Japan, Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Papuasia New Guinea, Australasia Australia Queensland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L. 1825. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 8: 423.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 1999. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 1: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae; page 100 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198505-13-2
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Apostasia. Accessed: 2020 Sep 19.
• 'eFloras 2009. Apostasia in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Apostasia
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Apostasia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 19. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Apostasia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Apostasia. Published online. Accessed 19 Sep 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Apostasia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 19.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Apostasia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 19.

Vernacular names

English: Grass orchids
перем коми: Апостасия
коми: Апостасия
мокшень: Апостасие
олык марий: Апостасий
кырык мары: Апостаси
русский: Апостасия
удмурт: Апостасия
Tiếng Việt: Chi Giả lan

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