Thelasis

Thelasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Subtribe: Thelasiinae
Genus: Thelasis
Blume
Synonyms[1]
  • Oxyanthera Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey
  • Euproboscis Griff.
  • Rhynchophreatia (Schltr.) Schltr.

Thelasis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native mostly to New Guinea and Southeast Asia but also with some species in southern China, the Himalayas, Queensland and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1][2][3]

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  1. Thelasis abbreviata (Schltr.) W.Kittr. - New Guinea
  2. Thelasis angustifolia J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  3. Thelasis bifolia Hook.f. - Assam
  4. Thelasis borneensis Schltr. - Borneo
  5. Thelasis capitata Blume - Christmas Island, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
  6. Thelasis carinata Blume - Queensland, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa
  7. Thelasis carnosa Ames & C.Schweinf. in O.Ames - Sabah
  8. Thelasis cebolleta J.J.Sm. - Borneo
  9. Thelasis celebica Schltr. - Sulawesi
  10. Thelasis compacta Schltr. - New Guinea
  11. Thelasis copelandii Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler - New Guinea
  12. Thelasis cycloglossa Schltr. - New Guinea
  13. Thelasis edelfeldtii Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler - New Guinea
  14. Thelasis gautierensis J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  15. Thelasis globiceps J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  16. Thelasis javanica J.J.Sm. - Java
  17. Thelasis khasiana Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Thailand, Vietnam
  18. Thelasis longifolia Hook.f. - Nepal, India, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam
  19. Thelasis macrobulbon Ridl - Malaysia, Borneo
  20. Thelasis mamberamensis J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  21. Thelasis micrantha (Brongn.) J.J.Sm. - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea
  22. Thelasis obtusa Blume - Bali, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
  23. Thelasis pygmaea (Griff.) Lindl. - Hainan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Yunnan Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Bhutan, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Solomon Islands
  24. Thelasis rhomboglossa (Schltr.) Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler - Sumatra
  25. Thelasis succosa Carr - Malaysia
  26. Thelasis variabilis Ames & C.Schweinf. in O.Ames - Sabah, Sarawak
  27. Thelasis wariana (Schltr.) Schuit. & de Vogel - New Guinea

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Flora of China v 25 p 365, 矮柱兰属 ai zhu lan shu, Thelasis Blume, Bijdr. 385. 1825.
  3. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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