Sarcochilus falcatus

Sarcochilus falcatus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Sarcochilus
Sectio: Sarcochilus sect. Sarcochilus
Species: Sarcochilus falcatus

Name

Sarcochilus falcatus R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 332 (1810).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Thrixspermum falcatum (R.Br.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 122 (1868).
• Heterotypic
  • Sarcochilus montanus Fitzg., Austral. Orch. 1(5): t. 3 (1879).
  • Sarcochilus falcatus var. montanus (Fitzg.) C.Moore & Betche, Handb. Fl. N.S.W.: 387 (1893).
  • Sarcochilus niveus D.L.Jones & D.P.Banks, Austral. Orchid Rev. 84(2): 11 (2019).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 332.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 274 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sarcochilus falcatus. Accessed: 2022 Oct 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Sarcochilus falcatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 8. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Sarcochilus falcatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Sarcochilus falcatus. 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 Oct 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sarcochilus falcatus. Published online. Accessed: 8 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Sarcochilus falcatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Orange blossom orchid

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