Yoania

Yoania
Yoania japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Calypsoeae
Genus:	Yoania Maxim., 1873 [1]
Species
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Yoania is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. ^[2]

Distribution

This genus is mainly distributed in Japan, but Y. japonica is also found in Assam, China and Taiwan and Y. prainii is found in Sikkim and North Vietnam.

Species

• Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F.Maek, 1931
• Yoania flava K.Inoue & T.Yukawa, 2002
• Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873
• Yoania prainii King & Pantl.,1898

Species brought into synonymy 

• Yoania aberrans Finet, 1900 : synonym of Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl., 1833
• Yoania australis Hatch, 1963 : synonym of Danhatchia australis (Hatch) Garay & Christenson, 1995
• Yoania japonica var. amagiensis (Nakai & F.Maek.) M.Hiroe, 1971 : synonym of Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F.Maek., 1931
• Yoania japonica var. squamipes Fukuy., 1938 : synonym of Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873
• Yoania squamipes (Fukuy.) Masam. 1974 : synonym of Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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