Phreatia limenophylax

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Phreatia limenophylax']

• English: Norfolk Island caterpillar orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Podochileae • Subtribus: Thelasinae • Genus: Phreatia • Species: Phreatia limenophylax (Endl.) Rchb.f. (1857)

Synonyms

Basionym Plexaure limenophylax Endl., Prodr. Fl. Norfolk.: 30 (1833) Homotypic synonyms Eria limenophylax (Endl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 54 (1857) Pinalia limenophyllax (Endl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 678 (1891) Heterotypic synonyms Oberonia lindleyana Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde: 200 (1834) Oberonia crassiuscula F.Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 6: 290 (1873) Phreatia lindleyana (Brongn.) Benth & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 2: 503 (1894) Phreatia pachyphylla Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 79 (1906) Phreatia vitiensis Rolfe, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 39: 175 (1909) Sarcochilus microphyton Kraenzl., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 95 (1929)

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Phreatia limenophylax
  (as syn.
  Eria limenophylax)
  plate 130 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 2
  (1874)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Papuasia Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.

External links

Wikispecies has an entry on: Phreatia limenophylax.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Phreatia limenophylax