Trachoma

Trachoma rhopalorrhachis
Typus of Trachoma

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: Trachoma

Overview of species (17)

T. binchinae – T. brevirhachis – T. candida – T. celebicum – T. coarctatum – T. gamma – T. guamense – T. latriniformis – T. minuta – T. papuanum – T. phillipsii – T. rhopalorrhachis – T. rumphii – T. sarcochiloides – T. sinapicolor – T. speciosum – T. stellatum

Name

Trachoma Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 207 (1972).

• Type species: Trachoma rhopalorrhachis (Rchb.f.) Garay (1972).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate Eastern Asia Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam. Indo-China Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia New Guinea. Australasia Australia Queensland. Pacific Northwestern Pacific Marianas. South-Central Pacific Cook Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Garay, L.A. 1972. Botanical Museum Leaflets 23: 207.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 309 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Trachoma. Accessed: 2023 Dec 23.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Trachoma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Trachoma. 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 Dec 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Trachoma. Accessed: 23 Dec 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Trachoma. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Trachoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Spectral orchids
中文: 短头兰属

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