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Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus

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Subgenus of flowering plants

Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus
Phalaenopsis difformis illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Phalaenopsis
Subgenus: Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus
(Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Species

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Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus is a subgenus of the genus Phalaenopsis native to Southeast Asia and the Indian Himalayas.

Description

Phalaenopsis difformis flower
Illustration of Phalaenopsis difformis flower

Vegetative characteristics

The species are monopodial, epiphytic herbs.

Generative characteristics

The flowers are small to medium sized. The spurred labellum is immobile. The column is 0.1–0.3 cm long.

Taxonomy

Publication

It was first published as Aerides sect. Ornithochilus Wallich ex Lindley by John Lindley based on previous work by Nathaniel Wallich in 1833. It was later integrated into the genus Phalaenopsis Blume on the subgeneric level as Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. published by Alexander Kocyan and André Schuiteman in 2014.

Species

It consists of the following species:

References

  1. ^ Kocyan, A., & Schuiteman, A. (2014). New combinations in Aeridinae (Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa, 161(1), 61-85.
  2. Deng, H., Zhang, G. Q., Liu, Z. J., & Wang, Y. (2015). A new species and a new combination of Phalaenopsis (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Aeridinae): evidence from morphological and DNA analysis. Phytotaxa, 238(3), 243-254.
  3. ^ Ornithochilus (Wallich ex Lindley) Bentham & J. D. Hooker. (n.d.). Flora of China @ efloras.org. Retrieved December 1, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=123197
  4. Li, M. H., Zhang, G. Q., Liu, Z. J., & Lan, S. R. (2014). Revision of Hygrochilus (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Aeridinae) and a molecular phylogenetic analysis. Phytotaxa, 159(4), 256-268.
  5. Phalaenopsis subgen. Ornithochilus (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved December 1, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77138156-1
  6. ^ Schuiteman, A. (2014) Phalaenopsis: the limits of a genus.
Taxon identifiers
Phalaenopsis subg. Ornithochilus
Ornithochilus


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