Benthamia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Benthamia
Overview of species (31)

B. africana – B. bathieana – B. boiteaui – B. bosseri – B. calceolata – B. catatiana – B. chlorantha – B. cuspidata – B. dauphinensis – B. elata – B. exilis – B. flavida – B. glaberrima – B. herminioides – B. humbertii – B. longicalceata – B. macra – B. madagascariensis – B. majoriflora – B. melanopoda – B. misera – B. monophylla – B. nigrescens – B. nigrovaginata – B. nivea – B. perfecunda – B. perularioides – B. praecox – B. procera – B. rostrata – B. verecunda – B. verecunda
Name

Benthamia A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 37 (1828)

Type species: Benthamia chlorantha (Spreng.) Garay & G.A.Romero, Harvard Pap. Bot. 3: 53 (1998)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Rolfeella Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 18 (1924)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 261 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
Richard, A. 1828. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4: 37.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Benthamia. Accessed: 2021 Mar 8.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Benthamia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 8. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Benthamia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 8. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Benthamia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Benthamia. Published online. Accessed: 8 Mar 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Benthamia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 8.

Vernacular names

Benthamia is a genus of orchids. It contains 29 recognized species, all native to Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.[1]

List of species

Benthamia bathieana Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 25 (1924).
Benthamia calceolata H.Perrier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 32 (1934).
Benthamia catatiana H.Perrier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 29 (1934).
Benthamia chlorantha (Spreng.) Garay & G.A.Romero, Harvard Pap. Bot. 3: 53 (1998).
Benthamia cinnabarina (Rolfe) H.Perrier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 38 (1934).
Benthamia cuspidata H.Perrier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 29 (1934).
Benthamia dauphinensis (Rolfe) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 25 (1924).
Benthamia elata Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 324 (1918).
Benthamia exilis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 26 (1924).
Benthamia glaberrima (Ridl.) H.Perrier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 28 (1934).
Benthamia herminioides Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 27 (1924).
Benthamia humbertii H.Perrier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 35 (1934).
Benthamia longicalceata H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 139 (1951).
Benthamia macra Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 28 (1924).
Benthamia madagascariensis (Rolfe) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 300 (1916).
Benthamia majoriflora H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 140 (1951).
Benthamia melanopoda Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 29 (1924).
Benthamia misera (Ridl.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 24 (1924).
Benthamia monophylla Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 30 (1924).
Benthamia nigrescens Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 301 (1916).
Benthamia nigrovaginata H.Perrier, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 32 (1934).
Benthamia nivea Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 31 (1924).
Benthamia perfecunda H.Perrier, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 140 (1951).
Benthamia perularioides Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 32 (1924).
Benthamia praecox Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(1): 303 (1916).
Benthamia procera Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(1): 301 (1916).
Benthamia rostrata Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 33 (1924).
Benthamia spiralis (Thouars) A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 39 (1828).
Benthamia verecunda Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 34 (1924).

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.