Phaius

Phaius
Phaius rosellus 1847 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Collabieae
Alliance:	Calanthe
Genus:	Phaius Lour.
Synonyms[1]
Cyanorchis Thouars Gastorchis Thouars Gastrorchis Schltr. Hecabe Raf. Pachyne Salisb. Pesomeria Lindl. Tankervillia Link Limatodis Blume

Phaius pictus by Lewis Roberts.

Phaius is a genus of large, mostly terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae). The genus has about 43 species. These species are found in the tropical parts of the Old World: Africa (including Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, etc.), Asia (India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, etc.), New Guinea, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.^[1][2] One species is also naturalized in Hawaii, Florida, and the Caribbean.^[3] The genus is abbreviated Phaius in trade journals.

List of species

• Phaius australis F.Muell., (1858)
  • Phaius australis var. australis F.Muell., (1858)
  • Phaius australis var. bernaysii (F.Muell. ex Rchb.f.) Nicholls, 1951
• Phaius baconii J.J.Wood & Shim in C.L.Chan. & al., (1994)
• Phaius bernaysii F.Muell. ex Rchb.f., (1873) (synonym of the accepted name Phaius australis var. bernaysii (F.Muell. ex Rchb.f.) Nicholls, 1951 )
• Phaius borneensis J.J.Sm., (1903).
• Phaius callosus (Blume) Lindl., 8 (1831).
• Phaius columnaris C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng, (1985).
• Phaius corymbioides Schltr., (1911).
• Phaius daenikeri Kraenzl., (1929).
• Phaius delavayi (Finet) P.J.Cribb & Perner, (2002).
• Phaius ecalcaratus J.J.Sm., (1911).
• Phaius epiphyticus Seidenf., (1985).
• Phaius flavus (Blume) Lindl., (1831).
• Phaius fragilis L.O.Williams, (1938).
• Phaius gratus Blume, (1856).
• Phaius guizhouensis G.Z.Li, (1990).
• Phaius hainanensis C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng, (1982).
• Phaius indigoferus Hassk., (1842).
• Phaius indochinensis Seidenf. & Ormerod, (1995).
• Phaius klabatensis J.J.Sm., (1926).
• Phaius labiatus J.J.Sm., (1920).
• Phaius luridus Thwaites, (1861).
• Phaius lyonii Ames, (1915).
• Phaius mannii Rchb.f., (1881).
• Phaius mindorensis Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., (1907).
• Phaius mishmensis (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f., (1857).
• Phaius montanus Schltr., (1912).
• Phaius nanus Hook.f., (1890).
• Phaius occidentalis Schltr. in O.Warburg (ed.), (1903).
• Phaius pauciflorus (Blume) Blume, (1856).
  • Phaius pauciflorus var. pallidus (Ridl.) Holttum, (1947).
  • Phaius pauciflorus subsp. pauciflorus .
  • Phaius pauciflorus var. punctatus (Lindl.) J.J.Sm., (1920).
  • Phaius pauciflorus subsp. sabahensis J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al., (1993).
  • Phaius pauciflorus var. sumatranus J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. (1920).
• Phaius philippinensis N.E.Br., (1889).
• Phaius pictus T.E.Hunt, (1952).
• Phaius pulchellus Kraenzl., (1882).
  • Phaius pulchellus var. ambrensis Bosser, (1971).
  • Phaius pulchellus var. andrambovatensis Bosser, (1971).
  • Phaius pulchellus var. pulchellus .
  • Phaius pulchellus var. sandrangatensis Bosser, (1971).
• Phaius reflexipetalus J.J.Wood & Shim in C.L.Chan. & al., 1 (1994).
• Phaius robertsii F.Muell., (1883).
• Phaius sinensis Rolfe, (1913).
• Phaius stenocentron Schltr., (1911).
• Phaius subtrilobus Ames & C.Schweinf. in O.Ames, (1920).
• Phaius tahitensis Schltr., 1 (1926).
• Phaius takeoi (Hayata) H.J.Su, (1989).
• Phaius tankervilleae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume, (1856).
• Phaius tenuis Rchb.f., (1857).
• Phaius tetragonus (Thouars) Rchb.f., (1855).
• Phaius tonkinensis (Aver.) Aver. (2005)
• Phaius trichoneurus Schltr., (1925).
• Phaius villosus (Thouars) Blume, (1856).
• Phaius wallichii Lindl. in N.Wallich, (1831).
• Phaius wenshanensis F.Y.Liu, (1991).

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of China, v 25 p 290. 鹤顶兰属 he ding lan shu, Phaius Loureiro
3. Biota of North America Program, county distribution map

External links

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