Oberonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Oberonia
Overview of species (278)
a

O. acarus – O. acaulis – O. agamensis – O. agastyamalayana – O. alopecurus – O. anamalayana – O. anguina – O. angustifolia – O. anthropophora – O. aporophylla – O. arcuata – O. arisanensis – O. arunachalensis – O. aureolabris – O. austroyunnanensis
b

O. balakrishnanii – O. bantaengensis – O. batuensis – O. beccarii – O. bellii – O. benguetensis – O. bertoldi – O. betongensis – O. bicornis – O. bifida – O. bilobata – O. boerlageana – O. bopannae – O. borneensis – O. bougainvilleana – O. brachyphylla – O. brachystachys – O. brevispica – O. brunnea – O. brunoniana
c

O. calcarea – O. cardiochila – O. carnosa – O. cathayana – O. caulescens – O. cavaleriei – O. chandrasekharanii – O. cirrhifera – O. clarkei – O. claviloba – O. cleistogama – O. complanata – O. cordata – O. costeriana – O. crassilabris – O. cryptantha – O. cuneata – O. cylindrica
d

O. delacourii – O. dimorphophylla – O. dissitiflora – O. disticha – O. diura – O. djamuensis – O. djongkongensis – O. dolabrata – O. dolichophylla – O. drepanophylla – O. dubia
e

O. elbertii – O. elegans – O. elongata – O. emarginata – O. ensifolia – O. ensiformis – O. equitans – O. evrardii – O. exaltata
f

O. falcata – O. falcifolia – O. falconeri – O. fallax – O. ferruginea – O. filaris – O. finisterrae – O. fissipetala – O. forcipata – O. formosana – O. fornicata – O. fungumolens
g

O. gammiei – O. glandulifera – O. gongshanensis – O. govidjoae – O. gracilipes – O. gracilis – O. grandis – O. griffithiana
h

O. hastata – O. helferi – O. heliophila – O. hexaptera – O. hispidula – O. hosei – O. hosseusii – O. huensis
i

O. imbricata – O. insectifera – O. insularis – O. intermedia – O. irrorata
j

O. japonica – O. jenkinsiana – O. jhae – O. josephi
k

O. kaernbachiana – O. kamlangensis – O. kaniensis – O. kempfii – O. kempteri – O. kingii – O. klossii – O. kwangsiensis
l

O. labidoglossa – O. lancipetala – O. langbianensis – O. latifii – O. latilabris – O. latipetala – O. laxa – O. ledermannii – O. leytensis – O. linearifolia – O. linearis – O. linguae – O. lipensis – O. lobbiana – O. lobulata – O. longhutensis – O. longibracteata – O. longicaulis – O. longifolia – O. longilabris – O. longispica – O. longitepala – O. lotsyana – O. lucida – O. lunata – O. luzonensis – O. lycopodioides
m

O. maboroensis – O. macrostachys – O. mahawoensis – O. mannii – O. marginata – O. marina – O. masarangica – O. maxima – O. meegaskumburae – O. melinantha – O. menglaensis – O. merapiensis – O. merrillii – O. microphylla – O. microtatantha – O. mindorensis – O. miniata – O. minima – O. minutissima – O. monstruosa – O. mucronata – O. multidentata – O. multiflora – O. muriculata – O. muthikulamensis
n

O. nayarii – O. neglecta – O. nephroglossa – O. ngoclinhensis
o

O. obcordata – O. oblonga – O. odoardi – O. oligotricha – O. orbicularis – O. ovalis
p

O. pachyambon – O. pachyphylla – O. pachyrachis – O. pachystachya – O. padangensis – O. pallideflava – O. papillosa – O. pauzii – O. pedicellata – O. phleoides – O. platycaulon – O. platychila – O. pleistophylla – O. plumea – O. podostachys – O. potamophila – O. prainiana – O. proudlockii – O. pumilio – O. punamensis – O. punctata – O. pygmaea – O. pyrulifera
q

O. quadrata – O. quadridentata – O. quadrilatera
r

O. radicans – O. raoi – O. recurva – O. reilloi – O. reversidens – O. rhizoides – O. rhizomatosa – O. rhizophoreti – O. rhodostachys – O. ritaii – O. rotunda – O. ruberrima – O. rubra – O. rufilabris
s

O. sarawakensis – O. sarcophylla – O. scapigera – O. scyllae – O. scytophylla – O. sebastiana – O. segawae – O. seidenfadeniana – O. seidenfadenii – O. semifimbriata – O. seranica – O. serpentinicaulis – O. serrulata – O. setigera – O. similis – O. simplex – O. singalangensis – O. sinuosa – O. sonlaensis – O. spathipetala – O. stenophylla – O. subligaculifera – O. suborbicularis – O. sumatrensis – O. surigaensis – O. swaminathanii
t

O. tahitensis – O. tatianae – O. teres – O. thomsenii – O. thwaitesii – O. titania – O. tixieri – O. tjisokanensis – O. tomohonensis – O. torricellensis – O. transversiloba – O. triangularis – O. trichophora – O. trochopetala – O. truncata – O. truncatiglossa
u

O. urostachya
v

O. valetoniana – O. variabilis – O. verticillata – O. vieillardii – O. volucris
w

O. wallie-silvae – O. wappeana – O. watuwilensis – O. wenzelii – O. weragamaensis – O. werneri – O. wightiana – O. wynadensis
z

O. zeylanica – O. zimmermanniana
Nothospecies: (1)

O. × hybrida
Name

Oberonia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 15 (1830)

Type species: Oberonia mucronata (D.Don) Ormerod & Seidenf. in G.Seidenfaden, Contr. Orchid Fl. Thailand 13: 20 (1997)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Iridorkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 314 (1809), nom. rej.
Titania Endl., Prodr. Fl. Norfolk.: 31 (1833)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Lindley, J. 1830. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 15.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 475 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

'eFloras 2009. Oberonia in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Oberonia
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Oberonia. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oberonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oberonia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Oberonia. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Oberonia. Published online. Accessed: 8 Sep 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Oberonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Sep 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Fairy orchids
перем коми: Оберония
коми: Оберония
кырык мары: Оберони
удмурт: Оберония
中文: 鸢尾兰属

Oberonia, commonly known as fairy orchids,[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are epiphytic or lithophytic plants with the leaves arranged fan-like, overlapping at the base and spreading near the tips. Large numbers of tiny, short-lived, cup-shaped, non-resupinate flowers are arranged on an arching flowering stem that emerges from the base of the uppermost leaf. There are about 240 species occurring from tropical and southern Africa to the Pacific.

Description

Orchids in the genus Oberonia are epiphytic or lithophytic, sympodial herbs with the leaves in an unusual fan-like arrangement, in two overlapping rows near the base before spreading. A large number of tiny, non-resupinate, short-lived flowers are arranged in whorls or spirals along an arching flowering stem. The sepals and petals are all more or less similar to and free from each other although the petals are narrower than the sepals. The labellum is rigidly fixed to the base of the column and usually has three lobes.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming

The genus Oberonia was first formally described in 1830 by John Lindley who published the description in The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants.[1][6][7] The name Oberonia is a reference to Oberon, the king of the fairies, referring to the tiny flowers of these orchids and to their unusual arrangement on the flowering stems.[3][7]
Distribution

Orchids in the genus Oberonia are native to tropical Africa, southern Asia including India, China, Japan, Indochina, Indonesia and the Philippines) and to Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[1]
See also

List of Oberonia species

References

"Oberonia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 468–469. ISBN 1877069124.
D.L.Jones; T.Hopley; S.M.Duffy (2010). "Oberonia". Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
Chen, Xinqi; Ormerod, Paul; Wood, Jeffrey J. "Oberonia". Flora of China. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
"Oberonia". Orchids of New Guinea. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
"Oberonia". APNI. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Lindley, John (1830). The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants. Piccadilly: Ridgways. p. 15. Retrieved 15 January 2019.