Spiranthes sinensis

Spiranthes sinensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Spiranthinae
Genus: Spiranthes
Species: Spiranthes sinensis

Name

Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames, Orchidaceae 2: 53 (1908).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Neottia sinensis Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 511 (1807).
• Homotypic
  • Gyrostachys australis var. sinensis (Pers.) Blume, Fl. Javae Nov. Ser.: 108 (1859).
  • Spiranthes australis var. sinensis (Pers.) Gagnep. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 546 (1933).
• Heterotypic
  • Aristotelea spiralis Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 522 (1790).
  • Epidendrum aristotelea Raeusch., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 3: 265 (1797), nom. superfl.
  • Neottia australis var. chinensis Lindl., Bot. Reg. 7: t. 602 (1821).
  • Spiranthes pudica Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 30 (1821).
  • Neottia pudica (Lindl.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 383 (1827).
  • Spiranthes indica Lindl. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 625 (1841), nom. inval.
  • Spiranthes australis var. pudica (Lindl.) F.Muell., Fragm. 10: 65 (1876).
  • Spiranthes neocaledonica Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 51 (1906).
  • Spiranthes papuana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 46 (1911).
  • Spiranthes aristotelea Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 230 (1919), nom. superfl.
  • Spiranthes spiralis (Lour.) Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 3: 25 (1926), nom. illeg.
  • Ibidium spirale (Lour.) Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 6: 37 (1929).
  • Spiranthes lancea var. chinensis (Lindl.) Hatus., J. Geobot. 16: 80 (1968).
  • Spiranthes sinensis f. autumnus Tsukaya, J. Pl. Res. 118: 17 (2005).
  • Spiranthes sinensis f. gracilis F.Maek. ex Tsukaya, J. Pl. Res. 118: 18 (2005), nom. inval., no type indicated.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam. Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam. Malesia Philippines. Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea. Australasia Australia Western Australia. Pacific Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ames, O. 1908. Studies in the Orchid Flora of the Philippines. Pp. 17–257 in Ames (ed.), Orchidaceae: illustrations and studies of the family Orchidaceae. Fascicle II. x + 288 pp., Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chen, S.C., Gale, S.W. & Cribb, P.J. 2009. Spiranthes. Pp. 84–66 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 25: Orchidaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-930723-90-0. efloras PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Spiranthes sinensis. Accessed: 2023 Jul 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Spiranthes sinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Spiranthes sinensis. 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 Jul 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Spiranthes sinensis. Accessed: 25 Jul 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Spiranthes sinensis. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jul 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Spiranthes sinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jul 2023.

Vernacular names

العربية: لولوبة صينية
English: Chinese Spiranthes
hornjoserbsce: Chinska wjertulka
日本語: ナンゴクネジバナ
한국어: 타래난초
русский: Скрученник китайский
中文: 綬草, 绶草, 盘龙参, 绶草（盘龙参）
中文（简体）: 绶草

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