Arachnis flos-aeris

Arachnis flos-aeris

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: Arachnis
Species: Arachnis flos-aeris

Name

Arachnis flos-aeris (L.) Rchb.f., Bot. Centralbl. 28: 343 (1886)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum flos-aeris L., Sp. Pl.: 952 (1753)
• Homotypic
  • Limodorum flos-aeris (L.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 80 (1799)
  • Renanthera flos-aeris (L.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 1: 88 (1855)
  • Arachnanthe flos-aeris (L.) J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 584 (1905)
• Heterotypic
  • Aerides arachnites Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 233 (1800)
  • Aerides matutina Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 131 (1805)
  • Arachnis moschifera Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 366 (1825)
  • Renanthera arachnites (Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 217 (1833)
  • Arachnanthe moschifera (Blume) Blume, Rumphia 4: 55 (1849)
  • Epidendrum aerosanthum St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 69 (1880)
  • Renanthera moschifera (Blume) Knuth, Handb. Blutenb. 3: 214 (1904)
  • Arachnis flos-aeris var. gracilis Holttum, Malayan Orchid Rev. 2: 65 (1935)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indo-China Cambodia, Thailand. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G. 1886. Botanisches Centralblatt 28: 343.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 139 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Arachnis flos-aeris in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 23.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Arachnis flos-aeris in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 23.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Arachnis flos-aeris. Published online. Accessed 23 December 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Arachnis flos-aeris in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 23.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Arachnis flos-aeris . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 23.

Vernacular names

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