Oberonia equitans

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Oberonia
Species: Oberonia equitans

Name

Oberonia equitans (G.Forst.) Mutel, Mém. Soc. Roy. Centr. Agric. Dépt. N. 1835-1836: 84 (1837)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Epidendrum equitans G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 60 (1786)
• Homotypic
  • Cymbidium equitans (G.Forst.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 72 (1799)
• Heterotypic
  • Oberonia glandulosa Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 8: 6 (1859)
  • Malaxis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 215 (1861)
  • Oberonia ciliolata Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 24: t. 2317 (1894)
  • Oberonia aurea Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee, Nachtr.: 109 (1905)
  • Oberonia oxystophyllum J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 237 (1905)
  • Oberonia flexuosa Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 61 (1906)
  • Oberonia mcgregorii Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 321 (1907)
  • Oberonia equitans var. chaperi Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 337 (1908)
  • Oberonia lampongensis J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 25: 22 (1917).
  • Oberonia affinis Ames & C.Schweinf. in O.Ames, Orchidaceae 6: 79 (1920)
  • Oberonia palawensis Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 462 (1921)
  • Oberonia enoensis J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 9: 454 (1928)
  • Oberonia murkelensis J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 10: 125 (1928)

Homonym

• Oberonia equitans (Kuntze) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33: 411 (1915), nom. illeg. - vide: Oberonia disticha (Lam.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 132 (1924)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Tropical Indo-China Thailand. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Peninsular Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Pacific Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands. South-Central Pacific Cook Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands. Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mutel, P.A.V. 1837. Mémoires de la Société Royale et Centrale d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts du Départmement du Nord. Douai 1835-1836: 84.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Oberonia equitans. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oberonia equitans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oberonia equitans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Oberonia equitans. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Oberonia equitans. Published online. Accessed: 8 Sep 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Oberonia equitans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Sep 2021.