Didymoplexis

Didymoplexis pallens
Typus of Didymoplexis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Gastrodieae
Genus: Didymoplexis

Overview of species (20)

D. africana – D. avaratraensis – D. cornuta – D. flexipes – D. himalaica – D. latilabris – D. micradenia – D. minor – D. obreniformis – D. pachystomoides – D. pallens – D. philippinensis – D. recurvata – D. seidenfadenii – D. sirichaii – D. striata – D. torricellensis – D. trukensis – D. verrucosa – D. vietnamica

Name

Didymoplexis Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 383. (1844).

• Type species: Didymoplexis pallens Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: t. 17 (1844)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Leucorchis Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 31 (1849), nom. illeg.
  • Apetalon Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 22 (1851).
  • Epiphanes Rchb.f. in B.Seemann, Fl. Vit.: 295 (1868), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal. West Tropical Africa Ghana, Ivory Coast. West-Central Tropical Africa Congo, Zaire. Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Asia-Temperate China China Southeast. Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Western Asia Afghanistan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal. Indo-China Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Christmas Isle, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sumatera. Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Australasia Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Pacific Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Griffith, W. 1844. Calcutta Journal of Natural History and Miscellany of the Arts and Sciences in India 4: 383, t. 17. 1844.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 441 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• 'eFloras 2009. Didymoplexis in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Didymoplexis
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Didymoplexis. Accessed: 2022 Dec 10.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Didymoplexis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Dec 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Didymoplexis. 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 Dec 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Didymoplexis. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Didymoplexis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec 2022.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Дидимоплексис
коми: Дидимоплексис
удмурт: Дидимоплексис
中文: 双唇兰属
中文（简体）: 双唇兰属

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