Ascidieria

Ascidieria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Subtribe: Eriinae
Genus: Ascidieria
Seidenf.
Type species
Ascidieria longifolia
(Hook.f.) Seidenf.

Ascidieria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[1] It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.[2]

Species

At present (May 2014) the following species are recognized:[2]

  1. Ascidieria caricifolia (J.J.Wood) J.J.Wood - Borneo
  2. Ascidieria cymbidifolia (Ridl.) W.Suarez & Cootes - Sumatra and Borneo
  3. Ascidieria grandis (Ridl.) J.J.Wood - Sabah
  4. Ascidieria longifolia (Hook.f.) Seidenf. - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  5. Ascidieria maculiflora J.J.Wood - Sabah, Sarawak
  6. Ascidieria palawanensis (Ames) W.Suarez & Cootes - Palawan
  7. Ascidieria pseudocymbiformis (J.J.Wood) J.J.Wood - Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak
  8. Ascidieria zamboangensis (Ames) W.Suarez & Cootes - Mindanao

See also

References

  1. Seidenfaden, Gunnar. 1984. Nordic Journal of Botany 4: 44.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

External links

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