Hederorkis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Polystachyinae
Genus: Hederorkis
Thouars (1809)
Synonyms[1]

Scandederis Thouars (1822)

Hederorkis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, both native to islands in the Indian Ocean (Seychelles and Mauritius).[1]

Description

As opposed to Polystachya (the largest genus in the subtribe), Hederorkis lacks pseudobulbs. The inflorescence is lateral.[2]

Species

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3), Alec M. Pridgeon et al., Oxford Univ. Press, 2004, p. 451.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1–71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/ accessed Nov.12.2010.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. (DATE). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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