Oberonia titania

Oberonia titania

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Oberonia
Species: Oberonia titania

Name

Oberonia titania Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 8: 8 (1859)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Titania miniata Endl., Prodr. Fl. Norfolk.: 31 (1833)
• Homotypic
  • Malaxis titania (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 216 (1861)
  • Iridorkis titania (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 669 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Oberonia palmicola F.Muell., Fragm. 2: 24 (1860)
  • Malaxis palmicola (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Fragm. 7: 30 (1869)
  • Oberonia neocaledonica Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 61 (1906)
  • Oberonia crateriformis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Austral. Orchid Res. 5: 9 (2006)
  • Oberonia rimachila D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Austral. Orchid Res. 5: 11 (2006)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland. Pacific Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1859. Folia Orchidacea. Oberonia 8. 8.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Oberonia titania. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oberonia titania in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oberonia titania in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Oberonia titania. 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 Sep 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Oberonia titania. Published online. Accessed: 8 Sep 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Oberonia titania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Sep 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Soldier's crest orchid

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