Ludisia

Ludisia discolor

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Goodyerinae
Genus: Ludisia
Species: L. discolor

Name

Ludisia A.Rich. in J.B.G.Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 7: 437. (1825)

• Lectotype: Ludisia discolor (Ker Gawler) A.Rich. (Goodyera discolor Ker Gawler) designated by Ormerod, Lindleyana, 17(4): 211 (2002)
• monotypic taxon

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Haemaria Lindl., Orchid. Scelet.: 9. (1826)
  • Myoda Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1618. (1833)
  • Dicrophyla Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 39. (1838)

References

• Richard, A. 1825. Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle 7: 437.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 116 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  
• 'eFloras 2009. Ludisia in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Ludisia
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Ludisia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Aug. 5. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2013. Ludisia in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 22.
• Tropicos.org 2012. Ludisia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Aug. 5.
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Ludisia. Published online. Accessed: 5. Aug. 2012.
• The Plant List 2013. Ludisia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Apr. 26.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate  Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan. Continental: Asia-Tropical  Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names

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