Corymborkis

Corymborkis veratrifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Tropidieae
Genus: Corymborkis

Overview of species (8)

C. corymbis – C. flava – C. forcipigera – C. galipanensis – C. guyanensis – C. harlingii – C. minima – C. veratrifolia

Name

Corymborkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809)

• Type species: Corymborkis corymbis Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 37 (1822)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Corymbis Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 37 (1822), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Hysteria Reinw., Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 5 (1825)
  • Rhynchanthera Blume, Bijdr., Tabell.: 78 (1826), nom. illeg.
  • Macrostylis Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep.: t. 2 (1827), nom. illeg.
  • Tomotris Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 89 (1837)
  • Rhynchandra Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 56 (1841)
  • Corymborchis Thouars ex Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 125 (1859), orth. var.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal. Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion. Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast. Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Christmas Isle. Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Australasia Australia Queensland. Pacific Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu. South-Central Pacific Society Islands. Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas, Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands †, Puerto Rico. Northern South America Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit 1809. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1: 318.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 618 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• 'eFloras 2009. Corymborkis in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Corymborkis
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Corymborkis. Accessed: 2020 Dec 5.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Corymborkis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 5. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Corymborkis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Corymborkis. Published online. Accessed: 5 Dec 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Corymborkis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 5.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Corymborkis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 5.

Vernacular names

English: crow orchid
перем коми: Коримборкис
коми: Коримборкис
мокшень: Коримборкис
кырык мары: Коримборкис
удмурт: Коримборкис

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