Ponerorchis
| Ponerorchis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Orchideae |
| Subtribe: | Orchidinae |
| Alliance: | Orchis |
| Genus: | Ponerorchis Rchb.f., 1852 |
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Ponerorchis is a small genus of Asian terrestrial tuberous orchids included in the orchid family Orchidaceae.
It has been suggested that Ponerorchis should be broadened to include Chusua, and that Hemipilia should include single `orphan' species of Ponerorchis and Habenaria [1]
They can be found in evergreen forests and meadows in temperate, mountainous regions from the Himalayas to Siberia and Japan. They are closely related to the genus Orchis to which, in the past, they were thought to belong. The genus is distinguished from Orchis by having in the column two bursicles (pouchlike receptacles) enclosing the pollinia, instead of one. It shares with Orchis its spherical, ellipsoid or oblong tubers. The species Ponerorchis chidorii, endemic to Japan, is also known to grow epiphytically.
In horticultural trade this genus is abbreviated as Pnr. These orchids, a wide variety of mostly cultivars of Ponerorchis graminifolia, are rarely grown outside Japan..
Species
- Ponerorchis brevicalcarata (Finet) Soó, (1966)
- Ponerorchis chidorii (Makino) Ohwi, (1936)
- Ponerorchis chrysea (W.W.Sm.) Soó, (1966)
- Ponerorchis chusua (D.Don) Soó, (1966)
- Ponerorchis crenulata Soó, (1966)
- Ponerorchis curtipes (Ohwi) J.M.H.Shaw, (2003)
- Ponerorchis graminifolia Rchb.f., (1852)
- Ponerorchis hemipilioides (Finet) Soó, (1966)
- Ponerorchis hui (Tang & F.T.Wang) Soó,. (1966)
- Ponerorchis joo-iokiana (Makino) Soó,(1966)
- Ponerorchis kiraishiensis (Hayata) Ohwi, (1936)
- Ponerorchis kurokamiana (Hatus. & Ohwi) J.M.H.Shaw, (2003)
- Ponerorchis limprichtii (Schltr.) Soó, (1966)
- Ponerorchis nana (King & Pantl.) Soó, (1966)
- Ponerorchis puberula (King & Pantl.) Verm., (1972)
- Ponerorchis renzii Deva & H.B.Naithani, (1986)
- Ponerorchis taiwanensis (Fukuy.) Ohwi, (1936)
- Ponerorchis takasago-montana (Masam.) Ohwi, (1936)
References
- ↑ BATEMAN, RICHARD M.; HOLLINGSWORTH, PETER M.; PRESTON, JILLIAN; YI-BO, LUO; PRIDGEON, ALEC M.; CHASE, MARK W. (May 2003). "Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Orchidinae and selected Habenariinae (Orchidaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 142 (1): 1–40. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00157.x.
- World Checklist of Monocoltyledons Kew Botanical Gardens
- Stewart, J. 1994. Ponerorchis. Alpine orchid gems from Japan. New Plantsman 1:29–35.