Myrmechis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Myrmechis']

日本語: アリドオシラン属
한국어: 개미난초속
перем коми: Мирмехис
коми: Мирмехис
кырык мары: Мирмехис
русский: Мирмехис
удмурт: Мирмехис
中文: 全唇兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 全唇兰属
中文（简体）: 全唇兰属
中文（繁體）: 全唇蘭屬
中文（香港）: 全唇蘭屬
中文（新加坡）: 全唇兰属
中文（臺灣）: 全唇蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Cranichideae • Subtribus: Goodyerinae • Genus: Myrmechis Blume (1859)

Genus Myrmechis Blume (1859)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Ramphidia Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 730 (1858) Tubilabium J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, III, 9: 446 (1928)

11 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 25 August 2020):
M. bakhimensis, M. bilobulifera, M. chalmersii, M. chinensis, M. drymoglossifolia, M. glabra, M. gracilis, M. japonica, M. kinabaluensis, M. philippinensis, M. pumila

Included species (for Tropicos, 25 August 2020):
M. aurea, M. bakhimensis, M. bilobulifera, M. chalmersii, M. chinensis, M. drymoglossifolia, M. franchetiana, M. glabra, M. gracilis, M. grandiflora, M. japonica, M. kinabaluensis, M. perpusilla, M. philippinensiis, M. pumila, M. quadrilobata, M. sasakii, M. seranica, M. tsukusiana, M. urceolata Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Myrmechis gracilis (Blume) Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 76 (1859)

Myrmechis glabra
fig. 75
Myrmechis gracilis
fig. 74
Type species
Myrmechis japonica

Native distribution areas

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

Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Tibet.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
- Russian Far East
  - Kuril Islands.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal.
- Indo-China
  - Myanmar, Thailand.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea.

References

Description of taxon

Blume, C.L. von (1859) Collection des Orchidées 76, pl. 21.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2003) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 129 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507119

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Myrmechis.