Porpax (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Porpax']

Cebuano: Conchidium
кырык мары: Порпакс
中文: 盾柄兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 盾柄兰属
中文（简体）: 盾柄兰属
中文（臺灣）: 盾柄蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Podochileae • Subtribus: Eriinae • Genus: Porpax (Orchidaceae) Lindl. (1845)

Genus Porpax Lindl. (1845) edit

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Aggeianthus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 18 (1851) Conchidium Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 321 (1851) Lichenora Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1738 (1851) Alvisia Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 8: 1 (1859) Stolzia Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 564 (1915)

53 Species edit

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 22 November 2020):

P. albiflora, P. angustifolia, P. articulata, P. atrorubra, P. borneensis, P. braccata, P. bulbophylloides, P. capuccinorum, P. christopheri, P. compacta, P. conica, P. cupuligera, P. dickasonii, P. elaidium, P. elwesii, P. exilis, P. extinctoria, P. fibuliformis, P. filiformis, P. gigantea, P. grandiflora, P. heiligenthalii, P. jerdoniana, P. kalkhof-roseae, P. karikouyensis, P. lacei, P. lanii, P. laosensis, P. lasiorhiza, P. leedalii, P. macrantha, P. meirax, P. microchilos, P. moniliformis, P. muscicola, P. nana, P. nyassana, P. oligantha, P. parishii, P. peperomioides, P. pusilla, P. repens, P. reticulata, P. scaposa, P. seidenfadenii, P. sikkimensis, P. spirodela, P. summerhayesiana, P. thaithongiae, P. ustulata, P. verrucosa, P. viridis, P. williamsonii

Included species (for Tropicos, 22 November 2020):
P. borneensis, P. chandrasekharanii, P. cupuligera, P. elaidium, P. elwesii, P. fibuliformis, P. gigantea, P. grandiflora, P. jerdoniana, P. lanii, P. lichenora, P. meirax, P. nummularia, P. papillosa, P. parishii, P. peperomioides, P. reticulata, P. scaposa, P. seidenfadenii, P. semiconnata, P. ustulata Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Porpax reticulata ( Lindl. (1845)

Native distribution areas

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

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatera.
Pacific
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, New Caledonia.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Porpax (Orchidaceae).

Tropicos link: Porpax Lindl. (+ sub-taxa)