Mediocalcar

Mediocalcar paradoxum
subsp. robustum
Typus of Mediocalcar

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Podochileae
Subtribus: Eriinae
Genus: Mediocalcar

Overview of species (16)

M. agathodaemonis – M. arfakense – M. bifolium – M. bulbophylloides – M. congestum – M. crenulatum – M. decoratum – M. geniculatum – M. papuanum – M. paradoxum – M. pygmaeum – M. stevenscoodei – M. subteres – M. umboiense – M. uniflorum – M. versteegii

Name

Mediocalcar J.J.Sm., Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 7: 3 (1900)

• Type species: Mediocalcar paradoxum subsp. robustum (Schltr.) Schuit., Orchid Monogr. 8: 57 (1997) - Lectotype as syn. Mediocalcar bicolor J.J.Sm., Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 7: 3 (1900)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Malesia Maluku, Sulawesi. Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Pacific Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands. Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.J. (1900) Bulletin de l'Institut Botanique de Buitenzorg 7: 3.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 562 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mediocalcar. Accessed: 2023 Mar 2.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Mediocalcar in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Mediocalcar. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Mediocalcar. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Mediocalcar. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2023.

Vernacular names

日本語: メディオカルカー属
кырык мары: Медиокалкар
中文: 石榴兰属

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