Apostasia

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, 2^nd 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