Ascidieria

Ascidieria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[1] It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.[2]

Ascidieria
Ascidieria grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Genus: Ascidieria
Seidenf.
Type species
Ascidieria longifolia
(Hook.f.) Seidenf.

Species

At present (May 2014) the following species are recognized:[2]

  1. Ascidieria caricifolia (J.J.Wood) J.J.Wood - Borneo
  2. Ascidieria cymbidifolia (Ridl.) W.Suarez & Cootes - Sumatra and Borneo
  3. Ascidieria grandis (Ridl.) J.J.Wood - Sabah
  4. Ascidieria longifolia (Hook.f.) Seidenf. - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  5. Ascidieria maculiflora J.J.Wood - Sabah, Sarawak
  6. Ascidieria palawanensis (Ames) W.Suarez & Cootes - Palawan
  7. Ascidieria pseudocymbiformis (J.J.Wood) J.J.Wood - Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak
  8. Ascidieria zamboangensis (Ames) W.Suarez & Cootes - Mindanao

See also

References
  1. Seidenfaden, Gunnar. 1984. Nordic Journal of Botany 4: 44.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • 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


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