Chiloschista

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: Chiloschista
Overview of species (22)

C. extinctoriformis – C. exuperei – C. fasciata – C. gelephuense – C. glandulosa – C. godefroyana – C. guangdongensis – C. loheri – C. lunifera – C. parishii – C. phyllorhiza – C. pulchella – C. ramifera – C. rodriguezii – C. segawae – C. sweelimii – C. taeniophyllum – C. treubii – C. trudelii – C. usneoides – C. viridiflava – C. yunnanensis
New Species 2020

C. densiflora
Two new spotted Chiloschista species (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae) from Bhutan

C. himalaica
Two new spotted Chiloschista species (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae) from Bhutan

C. lindstroemii
A new yellow-flowered Chiloschista (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae) from Thailand
Name

Chiloschista Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1522 (1832)

Type species: Chiloschista usneoides (D.Don) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1522 (1832)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
China
China South-Central, China Southeast.
Eastern Asia
Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
Indo-China
Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Malesia
Jawa, Malaya, Maluku.
Papuasia
New Guinea.
Australasia
Australia
Northern Territory, Queensland.
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji.
Northwestern Pacific
Caroline Islands.

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

Lindley, J. 1832. Edwards's Botanical Register 18: , ad pl. 1522.
Mansfeld, R. & Diels, F.L.E. (1932). Die Orchideen-Gattung Chiloschista Lindl.. Notizblatt des Königl. botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 11(106): 491-498. at jstor
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 152 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
Seidenfaden, G., 1988. Chiloschista Lindl. Orchid genera in Thailand 14. Fifty-nine vandoid Genera. Opera Botanica, 95, 168-181. Reference page.

Links

'eFloras 2009. Chiloschista in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Chiloschista
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chiloschista. Accessed: 2021 May 3.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chiloschista in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 3. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chiloschista in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 3. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Chiloschista. 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 May 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Chiloschista. Published online. Accessed: 3 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Chiloschista. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 3.

Vernacular names

русский: Хилосхиста
中文: 异唇兰属

Chiloschista, commonly known as starfish orchids,[3] is a genus of usually leafless, epiphytic or lithophytic orchids found in India, Southeast Asia and Australia.
Description

Orchids in the genus Chiloschista are epiphytic or lithophytic, usually leafless monopodial herbs with flat, green, photosynthetic roots radiating from a short, central rhizome. The flowers are arranged on long, thin flowering stems, open sporadically in groups and only last for a few hours to one or two days. They are small and resupinate, with the sepals and petals more or less similar in size and shape to each other but different from the labellum which has three lobes. The side lobes of the labellum are erect and larger than the middle lobe which is slipper-shaped.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming

The genus Chiloschista was first described in 1832 by John Lindley in Edwards's Botanical Register.[1][6] The name Chiloschista is derived from the Ancient Greek words cheilos meaning "lip" or "rim"[7]: 486  and schistos meaning "split" or "divided".[7]: 684 

Twenty species of Chiloschista are recognised by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at December 2018:[1]

Chiloschista extinctoriformis Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 178 (1988)
Chiloschista exuperei (Guillaumin) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 166 (1972)
Chiloschista fasciata (F.Muell.) Seidenf. & Ormerod, Opera Bot. 124: 64 (1995)
Chiloschista glandulosa Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 488 (1932)
Chiloschista godefroyana (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 275 (1919)
Chiloschista guangdongensis Z.H.Tsi, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 481 (1984)
Chiloschista loheri Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 491 (1921)
Chiloschista lunifera (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 553 (1905)
Chiloschista parishii Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 176 (1988)
Chiloschista phyllorhiza (F.Muell.) Schltr. – white starfish orchid, Australia
Chiloschista ramifera Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 179 (1988)
Chiloschista rodriguezii Cavestro & Ormerod, Orchidophile (Asnières) 166: 180 (2005)
Chiloschista segawae (Masam.) Masam. & Fukuy., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 247 (1938)
Chiloschista sweelimii Holttum, Orchid Rev. 74: 147 (1966)
Chiloschista taeniophyllum (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 492 (1921)
Chiloschista treubii (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 492 (1921)
Chiloschista trudelii Seidenf., Orchidee (Hamburg) 38: 310 (1987)
Chiloschista usneoides (D.Don) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1522 (1832)
Chiloschista viridiflava Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 175 (1988)
Chiloschista yunnanensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 74 (1919)

References

"Chiloschista". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
"Chiloschista". APNI. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 434–435. ISBN 1877069124.
Chen, Xinqi; Wood, Jeffrey J. "Chiloschista". Flora of China. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
D.L.Jones; T.Hopley; S.M.Duffy (2010). "Chiloschista". Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
Lindley, John (1832). "Chiloschista". Edwards's Botanical Register. 18: t1522. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.