Apostasia (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Apostasia']

English: Grass orchids
перем коми: Апостасия
коми: Апостасия
мокшень: Апостасие
олык марий: Апостасий
кырык мары: Апостаси
русский: Апостасия
ไทย: สกุลตานขโมย
удмурт: Апостасия
Tiếng Việt: Chi Giả lan
中文: 拟兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 拟兰属
中文（简体）: 拟兰属
中文（繁體）: 假蘭屬
中文（臺灣）: 假蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Apostasioideae • Genus: Apostasia (Orchidaceae) Blume (1825)

Genus Apostasia Blume (1825)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Mesodactylis Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 74 (1830) Niemeyera F.Muell., Fragm. 6: 96 (1867) Neumayera Rchb.f., Flora 55: 278 (1872) Adactylus Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 4: 329 (1896)

8 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 7 September 2018):
A. fogangica, A. latifolia, A. nuda, A. odorata, A. parvula, A. ramifera, A. shenzhenica, A. wallichii

Included species (for Tropicos, 7 September 2018):
A. alba, A. brunonis, A. curvata, A. elliptica, A. gracilis, A. latifolia, A. lobbii, A. lucida, A. nipponica, A. nuda, A. odorata, A. papuana, A. parvula, A. platystylis, A. ramifera, A. selebica, A. stylidioides, A. thorelii, A. wallichii Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Apostasia odorata Blume (1825)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan,
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan,
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Queensland.

References

Description of taxon

Blume, C.L. von (1825) Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 8: 423.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (1999) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 1: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae; page 100 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 850513 2

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Apostasia (Orchidaceae).