Goodyera

Goodyera, commonly called rattlesnake plantain,[2] jade orchids[3] or ladies' tresses[4] is a wide-ranging genus of orchids in the tribe Cranichideae. About 100 species of Goodyera have been formally described. They are native to Europe, Madeira, Mozambique, North and Central America, islands from the west Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and to Australia. They have a rosette of leaves at their base and usually many small white resupinate flowers. They are similar to orchids in the genus Spiranthes but can be distinguished from them by the shape and colour patterns of the leaves.

Goodyera
Goodyera repens, commonly called "creeping lady's tresses"
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Goodyerinae
Genus: Goodyera
R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[1]

Description

Plants in the genus Goodyera are mainly terrestrial plants with a fleshy, creeping rhizome and a loose rosette of leaves at the base of a flowering stem with many small, resupinate flowers. The leaves are elliptic, characteristically asymmetrical and green with white or pale green markings. The entire plant apart from the flowers is covered with slightly sticky hairs. The dorsal sepal and petals overlap, forming a hood over the column and the lateral sepals spread widely. The labellum is not lobed but has a small pouch. Orchids in the genus Spiranthes are similar but have oblong or egg-shaped, plain green leaves.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

The genus Goodyera was first formally described in 1813 by Robert Brown and the description was published in William Aiton's Hortus Kewensis.[1] The genus name honours John Goodyer.[4][5]

The genus is abbreviated G. in horticultural nomenclature.[6]

Distribution

Orchids in the genus Goodyera are found in Europe, Madeira, Mozambique, North and Central America and islands from the western Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and in Australia.[1]

List of species

The following is a list of species of Goodyera recognised by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at August 2018:[1]

  • Goodyera afzelii Schltr. (1918)
  • Goodyera alveolata Pradhan (1979)
  • Goodyera amoena Schltr. (1911)
  • Goodyera angustifolia Schltr. (1905)
  • Goodyera beccarii Schltr. (1910)
  • Goodyera bifida (Blume) Blume (1858)
  • Goodyera biflora (Lindl.) Hook.f. (1890)
  • Goodyera bomiensis K.Y.Lang (1978)
  • Goodyera boninensis Nakai (1923)
  • Goodyera brachystegia Hand.-Mazz. (1936)
  • Goodyera bracteata Thouars (1822)
  • Goodyera bradeorum Schltr. (1923)
  • Goodyera clausa (A.A.Eaton ex Ames) Schltr. (1911)
  • Goodyera colorata (Blume) Blume (1858)
  • Goodyera condensata Ormerod & J.J.Wood (2001)
  • Goodyera corniculata (Rchb.f.) Ackerman
  • Goodyera crocodiliceps Ormerod (1996)
  • Goodyera cyclopensis Ormerod (2017)
  • Goodyera daibuzanensis Yamam. (1932)
  • Goodyera denticulata J.J.Sm. (1934)
  • Goodyera dolabripetala (Ames) Schltr. (1908
  • Goodyera elmeri (Ames) Ames (1938)
  • Goodyera erosa (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf. (1934)
  • Goodyera erythrodoides Schltr. (1911)
  • Goodyera fimbrilabia Ormerod (2006)
  • Goodyera flaccida Schltr. (1924)
  • Goodyera foliosa (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f. (1890)
  • Goodyera fumata Thwaites (1861)
  • Goodyera fusca (Lindl.) Hook.f. (1890
  • Goodyera gemmata J.J.Sm. (1909)
  • Goodyera gibbsiae J.J.Sm. (1922)
  • Goodyera goudotii Ormerod & Cavestro (2006)
  • Goodyera hachijoensis Yatabe (1891)
  • Goodyera hemsleyana King & Pantl. (1895)
  • Goodyera henryi Rolfe (1896)
  • Goodyera hispaniolae Dod (1986)
  • Goodyera hispida Lindl. (1857)
  • Goodyera humicola (Schltr.) Schltr. (1924)
  • Goodyera inmeghema Ormerod (1996)
  • Goodyera kwangtungensis C.L.Tso (1933)
  • Goodyera lamprotaenia Schltr. (1911)
  • Goodyera lanceolata Ridl. (1870)
  • Goodyera luzonensis Ames (1915)
  • Goodyera macrophylla Lowe (1831)
  • Goodyera major Ames & Correll (1942)
  • Goodyera makuensis Ormerod (2013)
  • Goodyera malipoensis Q.X.Guan & S.P.Chen (2014)
  • Goodyera maurevertii Blume (1858)
  • Goodyera micrantha Schltr. (1923)
  • Goodyera modesta Schltr. (1923)
  • Goodyera myanmarica Ormerod & C.S.Kumar (2006)
  • Goodyera nankoensis Fukuy. (1934)
  • Goodyera nantoensis Hayata (1911)
  • Goodyera novembrilis (Rchb.f.) Ormerod (1996)
  • Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. (1833)
  • Goodyera ovatilabia Schltr. (1923)
  • Goodyera pendula Maxim. (1888)
  • Goodyera perrieri (Schltr.) Schltr. (1924)
  • Goodyera polyphylla Ormerod (2006)
  • Goodyera porphyrophylla Schltr. (1921)
  • Goodyera procera (Ker Gawl.) Hook. (1823)
  • Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R.Br. (1813)
  • Goodyera purpusii Ormerod (2006)
  • Goodyera pusilla Blume (1858)
  • Goodyera ramosii Ames (1913 publ. 1914)
  • Goodyera recurva Lindl. (1857)
  • Goodyera repens (L.) R.Br. (1813)
  • Goodyera reticulata (Blume) Blume (1858)
  • Goodyera rhombodoides Aver (2007)
  • Goodyera robusta Hook.f. (1890)
  • Goodyera rosea (H.Perrier) Ormerod (2006)
  • Goodyera rostellata Ames & C.Schweinf. in O.Ames (1920)
  • Goodyera rostrata Ridl. (1908)
  • Goodyera rosulacea Y.N.Lee (2004)
  • Goodyera rubicunda (Blume) Lindl. (1839)
  • Goodyera ruttenii J.J.Sm. (1928)
  • Goodyera schlechtendaliana Rchb.f. (1850)
  • Goodyera scripta (Rchb.f.) Schltr. (1906)
  • Goodyera sechellarum (S.Moore) Ormerod (2002)
  • Goodyera seikomontana Yamam. (1932)
  • Goodyera similis Blume (1858)
  • Goodyera stelidifera Ormerod (2004)
  • Goodyera stenopetala Schltr. (1911)
  • Goodyera striata Rchb.f. (1845)
  • Goodyera sumbawana Ormerod (2005)
  • Goodyera taitensis Blume (1858)
  • Goodyera tesselata Lodd. (1824)
  • Goodyera thailandica Seidenf. (1969)
  • Goodyera turialbae Schltr. (1923)
  • Goodyera umbrosa D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (2014)
  • Goodyera venusta Schltr. (1911)
  • Goodyera viridiflora (Blume) Blume (1858)
  • Goodyera vitiensis (L.O.Williams) Kores (1989)
  • Goodyera vittata Benth. ex Hook.f. (1890)
  • Goodyera werneri Schltr. (1921)
  • Goodyera wolongensis K.Y.Lang (1984)
  • Goodyera wuana Tang & F.T.Wang (1951)
  • Goodyera yamiana Fukuy. (1936)
  • Goodyera yunnanensis Schltr. (1919)
  • Goodyera zacuapanensis Ormerod (2006)

References
  1. "Goodyera". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. "Genus: Goodyera". North American Orchid Conservation Centre. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 347–348. ISBN 1877069124.
  4. "Goodyera". Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  5. "The John Goodyer collection of botanical books". Magdalen College: University of Oxford. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names, Royal Horticultural Society, 2017.
  • Media related to Goodyera at Wikimedia Commons
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