Orchidantha

Orchidantha
Orchidantha maxillarioides[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Lowiaceae
Ridl.[2]
Genus: Orchidantha
N.E.Br.[3]
Synonyms[4]
  • Lowia Scort. 1886 not Hook.f. 1894
  • Lowia Hook.f. 1894 not Scort. 1886
  • Protamomum Ridl. 1893

Orchidantha is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III system, it is placed in the family Lowiaceae,[2] as the sole genus.[5] It includes the plants in the formerly recognised genera Lowia and Protamomum.

Orchidantha remains a poorly known genus, found from southern China to Borneo.[4][6] Orchidantha means "orchid-flower", as one of the petals on the flowers is modified into a labellum, like the flowers of orchids.[7] One species, Orchidantha inouei of Borneo, imitates the smell of dung in order to attract small Onthophagus dung beetles as pollinators. [8]

Species

As of August 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 17 species:[4]

  1. Orchidantha borneensis N.E.Br. - Borneo
  2. Orchidantha chinensis T.L.Wu - Guangdong, Guangxi
  3. Orchidantha fimbriata Holttum - Pen. Malaysia
  4. Orchidantha foetida Jenjitt. & K.Larsen - Thailand
  5. Orchidantha grandiflora Mood & L.B.Pedersen - Sabah
  6. Orchidantha holttumii K.Larsen - Sabah, Brunei
  7. Orchidantha inouei Nagam. & S.Sakai - Sarawak
  8. Orchidantha insularis T.L.Wu - Hainan
  9. Orchidantha laotica K.Larsen - Laos
  10. Orchidantha longiflora (Scort.) Ridl. - Pen. Malaysia
  11. Orchidantha maxillarioides (Ridl.) K.Schum. - Pahang
  12. Orchidantha quadricolor L.B.Pedersen & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
  13. Orchidantha sabahensis A.L.Lamb & L.B.Pedersen - Sabah
  14. Orchidantha siamensis K.Larsen - Pen. Malaysia, S Thailand
  15. Orchidantha stercorea H.Ð.Trần & Škorničk. - Vietnam
  16. Orchidantha suratii L.B.Pedersen - Sabah
  17. Orchidantha vietnamica K.Larsen - Vietnam

References

  1. ↑ 1894 illustration by Matilda Smith, published in "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 120 ser. 3 nr. 50 tabl. 7351
  2. 1 2 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
  3. ↑ "Orchidantha". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  4. 1 2 3 Search for "Orchidantha", "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  5. ↑ Stevens, P.F. "Lowiaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  6. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 319 兰花蕉科 lan hua jiao ke Lowiaceae Ridley
  7. ↑ "Lowiaceae". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 September 2011
  8. ↑ Sakai, Shoko; Tamiji, Inoue (1 January 1999). "A new pollination system: dung-beetle pollination discovered in Orchidantha inouei (Lowiaceae, Zingiberales) in Sarawak, Malaysia". American Journal of Botany 86 (1): 56–61. doi:10.2307/2656954. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
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