Phaius

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Phaius']

English: Swamp orchids
перем коми: Фаюс
коми: Фаюс
lietuvių: Skėtris
кырык мары: Фаюс
удмурт: Фаюс
Tiếng Việt: Chi Hạc đính
中文: 鹤顶兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 鹤顶兰属
中文（简体）: 鹤顶兰属
中文（繁體）: 鶴頂蘭屬
中文（香港）: 鶴頂蘭屬
中文（臺灣）: 鶴頂蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Collabieae • Genus: Phaius Lour. (1790)

Genus Phaius Lour. (1790)

Synonyms

Heterotypic synonyms
- Cyanorchis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 19: 317 (1809)
- Gastorkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 317 (1809)
- Pachyne Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 299 (1812)
- Limatodis Blume, Bijdr.: 375 (1825)
- Tankervillia Link, Handbuch 1: 251 (1829)
- Hecabe Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 44 (1838)
- Pesomeria Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 5 (1838)
- Phajus Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 42 (1844)

42 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 2 September 2023):

P. amboinensis, P. baconii, P. borneensis, P. callosus, P. columnaris, P. cooperi, P. corymbioides, P. daenikeri, P. ecalcaratus, P. flavus, P. grandiflorus, P. gratus, P. hainanensis, P. hekouensis, P. indigofer, P. indochinensis, P. labiatus, P. landyae, P. leonidii, P. longicornu, P. luridus, P. lyonii, P. mannii, P. mishmensis, P. montanus, P. nanus, P. occidentalis, P. pauciflorus, P. philippinensis, P. pulchellus, P. reflexipetalus, P. robertsii, P. stenocentron, P. subtrilobus, P. takeoi, P. tankervilleae, P. tenuis, P. tetragonus, P. tonkinensis, P. trichoneurus, P. wallichii, P. wenshanensis

Included species (for Tropicos, 29 October 2018):

P. actinomorphus, P. albus, P. amboinensis, P. augustinianus, P. australis, P. baconii, P. bensoniae, P. bernaysii, P. bicolor, P. blumei, P. borneensis, P. bracteosus, P. calanthoides, P. callosus, P. candidissimus, P. carroni, P. celebicus, P. columnaris, P. cooperi, P. corymbioides, P. crinita, P. crinitus, P. crispus, P. cupreus, P. daenikerii, P. delavayi, P. dodgsonii, P. ecalcaratus, P. epiphyticus, P. fimbriatus, P. flavus, P. flexuosus, P. formosus, P. fragilis, P. fragrans, P. francoisii, P. geffrayi, P. gibbosulus, P. giganteus, P. gracilis, P. graeffei, P. grandiflorus, P. grandifolius, P. gratus, P. guizhouensis, P. hainanensis, P. halconensis, P. hookerianus, P. humbloti, P. humblotii, P. incarvillei, P. indigoferus, P. indochinensis, P. klabatensis, P. kuhlii, P. labiatus, P. leucophaeus, P. linearifolius, P. longibracteatus, P. longicornu, P. longicruris, P. longipes, P. luridus, P. luteus, P. lyonii, P. maculatus, P. magniflorus, P. mannii, P. marshalliae, P. marshallianus, P. mindorensis, P. minor, P. mishmensis, P. montanus, P. monticola, P. nanus, P. neocaledonicus, P. niveus, P. occidentalis, P. oweniae, P. pallidus, P. papuanus, P. paradoxus, P. pauciflorus, P. peyrotii, P. philippinensis, P. pictus, P. platychilus, P. pulchellus, P. pulcher, P. ramosii, P. reflexipetalus, P. robertsii, P. roeblingii, P. rosellus, P. roseus, P. rumphii, P. sanderi, P. schlechteri, P. simulans, P. sinensis, P. somai, P. stenocentron, P. steppicolus, P. stuppeus, P. subtrilobus, P. tahitensis, P. takeoi, P. tancarvilleae, P. tenui, P. tenuis, P. terrestris, P. tetragonus, P. tonkinensis, P. trichoneurus, P. tuberculatus, P. tuberculosus, P. undulatomarginatus, P. veratrifolius, P. vestitus, P. villosus, P. wallichii, P. warpuri, P. wenshanensis, P. woodfordii, P. zollingeri, P. × amabilis, P. × cooksoniae, P. × gravesii, P. × hybridus, P. × inquilinus, P. × irroratus, P. × marthae, P. × owenianus, P. × sedenianus
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Phaius tankervilleae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume (1856)

Phaius amboinensis
Phaius antoninae
Phaius australis
Phaius borneensis
Phaius callosus
Phaius flavus
Phaius indigoferus
fig. IV
Phaius mishmensis
Phaius pauciflorus
Phaius philippinensis
Phaius robertsii
Phaius stenocentron
Phaius tankervilleae
Type species
Phaius tenuis
fig. I
Phaius tetragonus
Phaius villosus
Phaius wallichii

Native distribution areas

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

Africa
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles.
Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
- Australia
  - New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland.
Pacific
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.
- South-Central Pacific
  - Cook Islands, Society Islands.
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands.

Selected Weblinks

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