Arachnis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Arachnis
Overview of species (16)

A. annamensis – A. bella – A. bouffordii – A. calcarata – A. cathcartii – A. clarkei – A. flos-aeris – A. grandisepala – A. hookeriana – A. labrosa – A. limax – A. longisepala – A. senapatiana – A. seramensis – A. siamensis – A. sulingi
Nothospecies (1)

A. × maingayi
Name

Arachnis Blume, Bijdr.: 365 (1825)

Type species: Arachnis flos-aeris (L.) Rchb.f., Bot. Centralbl. 28: 343 (1886)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Armodorum Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 1: t. 6 (1828)
Arachnanthe Blume, Rumphia 4: 55 (1849)
Arhynchium Lindl., Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 142 (1851)
Esmeralda Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 38 (1862)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Blume, C.L. 1825. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 8: 365.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 139 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7

Links

'eFloras 2009. Arachnis in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Arachnis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arachnis (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 2020 Sep 19.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arachnis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 19. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arachnis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Arachnis. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sep 2020.
The Plant List 2013. Arachnis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 19.
Tropicos.org 2020. Arachnis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 19.

Vernacular names

English: Spider and scorpion orchids
перем коми: Арахнис
коми: Арахнис
мокшень: Арахнис
олык марий: Арахнис
кырык мары: Арахнис
удмурт: Арахнис
中文: 蜘蛛兰属

The genus Arachnis, abbreviated as Arach in horticultural trade, (scorpion orchid,[2][3]) is a member of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae), consisting of more than 20 species native to China, India, Southeast Asia,, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.[1][4]

They generally have long and thin dark green leaves, (which can turn yellow if exposed to sunlight). They are found around 12m above ground on trees in woods and forests, or on rocks near to river banks.[5]
List of species

Arachnis annamensis
Arachnis batizocoi
Arachnis batizogaea
Arachnis beccarii
Arachnis beccarii var. imthurnii
Arachnis breviscapa
Arachnis calcarata
Arachnis calcarata ssp. longisepala
Arachnis canniformis
Arachnis cathcarthii
Arachnis celebica
Arachnis clarkei
Arachnis evrardii
Arachnis flos-aeris
Arachnis grandisepala
Arachnis hookeriana
Arachnis imthurnii
Arachnis limax
Arachnis longicaulis
Arachnis longisepala
Arachnis lyonii
Arachnis maingayi
Arachnis muelleri
Arachnis philippinensis
Arachnis siamensis
Arachnis vanmullemii

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Beard, James Daniel (2015). "A Translator's Vietnamese English Dictionary of Plant Names" (PDF). monash.edu.au. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Yearron, Sydney H. "Scientific or Latin Names to English Common Name" (PDF). The Canadian Orchid Congress. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
Flora of China, v25 p 465, 蜘蛛兰属 zhi zhu lan shu , Arachnis
"SCORPION ORCHID (ARACHNIS MAINGAYI)". flowermeaningsorchid.blogspot.co.uk. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2016.