Graphorkis

Graphorkis lurida

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Cymbidiinae
Genus: Graphorkis

Overview of species (4)

G. concolor – G. ecalcarata – G. lurida – G. medemiae

Name

Graphorkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809), nom. cons.

• Type species: Graphorkis concolor (Thouars) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Eulophiopsis Pfitzer, Entwurf. Anordn. Orch.: 105 (1887)
• Heterotypic
  • Graphorchis Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 4, sub 3, t 39 (1822), orth. var.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia. West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit 1809. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1: 318.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 71 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Graphorkis. Accessed: 2021 May 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Graphorkis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Graphorkis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Graphorkis. 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 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Graphorkis. Published online. Accessed: 25 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Graphorkis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 May 2021.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Графоркис
中文: 画兰属

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