Biology:Erythrorchis

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Short description: Genus of orchids


Bootlace orchids
Erythrorchis cassythoides - FitzGerald, Australian Orchids - vol. 1 pl. 26 (1882).jpg
Illustration of E. cassythoides in Robert Fitgerald's book Australian Orchids
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Vanilloideae
Tribe: Vanilleae
Genus: Erythrorchis
Blume
Synonyms[1]
  • Haematorchis Blume
  • Ledgeria F.Muell.

Erythrorchis, commonly known as bootlace orchids[2] or as 倒吊兰属 (dao diao lan shu),[3] is a genus of two species of climbing, leafless orchids in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are climbing or scrambling vines that cling by small roots, usually climbing on tree trunks. Many-branched flowering stems bear many densely crowded flowers.

Description

Orchids in the genus Erythrorchis are leafless mycotrophic, climbing herbs that cling to surfaces with small, unbranched roots from the main stems. They usually cling to tree trunks. Densely crowded, resupinate flowers are borne on a highly branched flowering stem. The sepals and petals are fleshy, often fused to each other and spread widely, the petals narrower than the sepals. The labellum is relatively wide and has crinkled edges and closely surrounds the column. The fruit are long, thin capsules.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

The genus Erythrorchis was first formally described in 1837 by Carl Ludwig Blume and published in his book Rumphia.[5][6] The name Erythrorchis is derived from the Ancient Greek words erythros meaning "red"[7]:650 and orchis meaning "testicle" or "orchid".[7]:788

The two species are-[1]

  • Erythrorchis altissima (Blume) Blume - Hainan, Taiwan, Cambodia, Assam, Indonesia, Ryukyu Islands, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam;
  • Erythrorchis cassythoides (R.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Garay - Queensland, New South Wales.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Erythrorchis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=72253. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 369. ISBN 1877069124. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Chen, Xinqi; Gale, Stephen W.; Cribb, Phillip J.. "Erythrorchis". Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112178. Retrieved 8 November 2018. 
  4. Weston, Peter H.. "Erythrorchis". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Erythrorchis. Retrieved 8 November 2018. 
  5. "Erythrorchis". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/489140. Retrieved 8 November 2018. 
  6. Blume, Carl Ludwig (1837). Rumphia. 1. Leiden. p. 200. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127618#page/210/mode/1up. Retrieved 8 November 2018. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q291764 entry