Apostasia

Apostasia wallichii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Apostasioideae
Genus: Apostasia

Overview of species (8)

A. fogangica – A. latifolia – A. nuda – A. odorata – A. parvula – A. ramifera – A. shenzhenica – A. wallichii

Name

Apostasia Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 423 (1825).

• Type species: Apostasia odorata Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 423 (1825).

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Mesodactylis Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 74 (1830).
  • Niemeyera F.Muell., Fragm. 6: 96 (1867).
  • Neumayera Rchb.f., Flora 55: 278 (1872).
  • Adactylus Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 4: 329 (1896).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Apostasia - range map Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Eastern Asia Japan, Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Papuasia New Guinea, Australasia Australia Queensland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L. 1826 ["1825"]. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. 8de Stuk. Pp. 356–434. Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 1999. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 1: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae; page 100 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198505-13-2
  
• Chen, S.C., Gale, S.W. & Cribb, P.J. 2009. Apostasia. Pp. 20–21 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 25: Orchidaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-930723-90-0. efloras PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Apostasia. Accessed: 2021 May 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Apostasia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Apostasia. 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 May 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Apostasia. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Apostasia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Grass orchids
перем коми: Апостасия
коми: Апостасия
мокшень: Апостасие
олык марий: Апостасий
кырык мары: Апостаси
русский: Апостасия
удмурт: Апостасия
Tiếng Việt: Chi Giả lan
中文: 拟兰属
中文（简体）: 拟兰属

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