Nervilia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Nervilieae
Subtribus: Nerviliinae
Genus: Nervilia

Overview of species (77)

N. acuminata – N. adolphi – N. affinis – N. alishanensis – N. apiculata – N. ballii – N. bandana – N. beumeei – N. bicarinata – N. borneensis – N. brevilobata – N. campestris – N. concolor – N. crociformis – N. cumberlegii – N. dilatata – N. falcata – N. fordii – N. fuerstenbergiana – N. futago – N. gammieana – N. gleadowii – N. gracilis – N. grandiflora – N. hirsuta – N. hispida – N. holochila – N. hookeriana – N. ignobilis – N. imperatetorum – N. infundibulifolia – N. jacksoniae – N. juliana – N. khaoyaica – N. khasiana – N. kotschyi – N. lanyuensis – N. leguminosarum – N. lilacea – N. linearilabia – N. mackinnonii – N. macroglossa – N. macrophylla – N. maculata – N. maliana – N. mekongensis – N. muratana – N. nipponica – N. oxyglossa – N. palawensis – N. pallidiflora – N. pangteyana – N. pectinata – N. peltata – N. petaloidea – N. petraea – N. platychila – N. plicata – N. pudica – N. punctata – N. ratis – N. renschiana – N. sciaphila – N. seranica – N. shirensis – N. similis – N. stolziana – N. subintegra – N. tahanshanensis – N. taitoensis – N. taiwaniana – N. trichophylla – N. umenoi – N. umphangensis – N. uniflora – N. winckelii

Name

Nervilia Comm. ex Gaudich., Voy. Uranie: 422 (1829), nom. cons.

Type species: Nervilia concolor (Blume Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404 (1911) ex Nervilia aragoana Gaudich., Voy. Uranie: 422 (1829).

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Stellorkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 19: 317 (1809).
- Aplostellis Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 24 (1822).
- Cordyla Blume, Bijdr.: 416 (1825), nom. illeg.
- Roptrostemon Blume, Fl. Javae, Praef.: vi (1828)
- Haplostellis Endl., Gen. Pl.: 219 (1837)
- Rophostemon Endl., Gen. Pl.: 216 (1837), orth. var.
- Bolborchis Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz.: 89 (1846)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Macaronesia
  - Cape Verde.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, 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.
Asia-Temperate
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman, Yemen.
- China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Tibet.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
- Australia
  - Northern Territory, Queensland.
Pacific
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands, Marianas.
- South-Central Pacific
  - Cook Islands, Society Islands.
- 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, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Commerson, P. 1829. Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du roi, . . . éxécuté sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820; . . . Botanique 421, pl. 35.

Additional references

Cribb, P.J. & Whistler, W.A. (2011) The Orchids of Tonga, Niue, and the Cook Islands. Lankesteriana 11: 96–177.
Gale, S.W., Rueangruea, S. & Suddee, S. 2014. Studies in Asian Nervilia (Nervilieae, Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae) IV: N. umphangensis, a new species from the Thai–Myanmar border. Phytotaxa 166(2): 139–144. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.166.2.5 Reference page.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 517 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

'eFloras 2009. Nervilia in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Nervilia
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Nervilia. Accessed: 2023 Jun 29.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Nervilia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jun 29. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Nervilia. 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 Jun 29. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 30095-1. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Nervilia. Accessed: 29 Jun 2023 30095-1.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Nervilia. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jun 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Nervilia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jun 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Shield orchids
перем коми: Нервилия
коми: Нервилия
кырык мары: Нервилия
ไทย: สกุลแผ่นดินเย็น
удмурт: Нервилия
中文: 芋兰属
中文（简体）: 芋兰属

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