Eriaxis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Vanilloideae
Tribus: Vanilleae
Genus: Eriaxis
Species: E. rigida
Name

Eriaxis Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 63 (1876)

monotypic taxon

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia.

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.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 309 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
Reichenbach, H.G. 1876. Linnaea 41: 63.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eriaxis. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eriaxis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eriaxis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Eriaxis. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eriaxis. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Eriaxis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8.

Vernacular names

Eriaxis is a monotypic genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The sole species is Eriaxis rigida, endemic to New Caledonia.[2][3] Its closest relative is Clematepistephium,[4] also endemic to New Caledonia.
References

Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach. 1900. Epistephium regis-alberti, Xenia orchidace vol. 3 tab. 291
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. 1876. Linnaea 41: 63
Cameron, K. M. (2009) On the Value of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene Sequences for Reconstructing the Phylogeny of Vanilloid Orchids (Vanilloideae, Orchidaceae). Annals of Botany 104 (3): 377–85.