Stichorkis

Stichorkis disticha (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Stichorkis

Overview of species (20)

S. arcuata – S. asinacephala – S. benguetensis – S. calcicola – S. compressa – S. cumingii – S. distichis – S. endertii – S. fragilis – S. gibbosa – S. hawchengii – S. jiewhoei – S. leytensis – S. linearifolia – S. lingulata – S. lobongensis – S. magnicallosa – S. mucronata – S. pandurata – S. prava

New species 2019:
S. davidlohmanii

Name

Stichorkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1822), nom. cons.

• Type species: Stichorkis disticha (Thouars) Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 103 (1897)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Distichis Thouars ex Lindl., Veg. Kingd., ed. 2: 181 (1847), nom. nud.
  • Disticholiparis Marg. & Szlach., Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 55: 175 (2004), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Pacific  Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit ex Lindley, J. 1822. 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.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 483 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Stichorkis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 19. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Stichorkis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Stichorkis. Published online. Accessed: 19 April 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Stichorkis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 19.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Stichorkis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 April 2019.

Vernacular names

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