Plectorrhiza tridentata

Plectorrhiza tridentata

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: Plectorrhiza
Species: Plectorrhiza tridentata

Name

Plectorrhiza tridentata (Lindl.) Dockrill, Australas. Sarcanthinae: 27 (1967).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Cleisostoma tridentatum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 33 (1838).
• Homotypic
  • Sarcochilus tridentatus (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 500 (1863).
  • Thrixspermum tridentatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 122 (1868).
  • Sarcanthus tridentatus (Lindl.) Rupp, Vict. Naturalist 57: 218 (1941).
• Heterotypic
  • Saccolabium calcaratum F.Muell., Fragm. 1: 192 (1859).
  • Sarcochilus calcaratus (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Fragm. 2: 181 (1861).
  • Cleisostoma cornutum Rupp, N. Queensland Naturalist 4: 10 (1935)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Dockrill, A.W. 1967. Australasian Sarcanthinae: 27.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 242 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Plectorrhiza tridentata. Accessed: 2022 Nov 2.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Plectorrhiza tridentata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Plectorrhiza tridentata. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Plectorrhiza tridentata. Published online. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Plectorrhiza tridentata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Common tangle orchid

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