Hederorkis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Polystachyinae
Genus: Hederorkis
Overview of species (2)

H. scandens – H. seychellensis
Name

Hederorkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 19: 319 (1809)

Type species: Hederorkis scandens Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 91 (1822)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Scandederis Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 91 (1822)

Hederorkis scandens

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Aldabra, Mauritius, Seychelles.

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.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 451 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit 1809. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 19: 319.

Additional references

Russell, A., Samuel, M.R., Rupp, B., Barfuss, M.H.J., Šafran, M., Besendorfer, V. & Chase, M.W. 2010. Phylogenetics and cytology of a pantropical orchid genus Polystachya (Polystachyinae, Vandeae, Orchidaceae): Evidence from plastid DNA sequence data. Taxon 59(2): 389–404. DOI: 10.1002/tax.592005 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Hederorkis. Accessed: 2022 Jan 3.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Hederorkis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 3. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Hederorkis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 3. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Hederorkis. 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 online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Hederorkis. Published online. Accessed: 3 Jan 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Hederorkis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Jan 2022.

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