Conchidium

Conchidium
Conchidium extinctorium 1871 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Podochilaeae
Subtribe:	Eriinae
Alliance:	Eria
Genus:	Conchidium Griff. (1851)
Type species
Conchidium pusillum Griff. (1851)
Synonyms[1]
Alvisia Lindl.

Conchidium is a genus of orchids. It used to be considered as a synonym of the genus Eria, but it has become an accepted name. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina and the Malay Peninsula.^[1][2]

Species

1. Conchidium articulatum (Lindl.) Rauschert (1983)
2. Conchidium braccatum (Lindl.) Brieger (1981)
3. Conchidium conicum (Summerh.) Ormerod (2012)
4. Conchidium dickasonii Ormerod (2012)
5. Conchidium exile (Hook.f.) Ormerod (2012)
6. Conchidium extinctorium (Lindl.) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb (2005)
7. Conchidium filiforme (Wight) Rauschert (1983)
8. Conchidium japonicum (Maxim.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood (2009)
9. Conchidium lacei (Summerh.) Ormerod (2012)
10. Conchidium microchilos (Dalzell) Rauschert (1983)
11. Conchidium muscicola (Lindl.) Rauschert (1983)
12. Conchidium nanum (A.Rich.) Brieger (1981)
13. Conchidium pusillum Griff. (1851)
14. Conchidium reticosum (Wight) Ormerod (2012)
15. Conchidium rhomboidale (Tang & F.T.Wang) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood (2009)
16. Conchidium spirodelum (Aver.) Ormerod (2012)
17. Conchidium summerhayesianum (A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller) Ormerod (2012)
18. Conchidium wildianum (Rolfe ex Downie) Ormerod (2012)

References

• Griffith, W. (1851) Notulae ad Plantas Asiaticas 3: 321.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 550 ff. Oxford University Press.

External links

• Media related to Conchidium at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Conchidium at Wikispecies