Orchipedum

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Goodyerinae
Genus: Orchipedum
Overview of species (3)

O. echinatum – O. plantaginifolium – O. wenzelii
Name

Orchipedum Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 2: t. 10 (1829)

Type species: Orchipedum plantaginifolium Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 2: t. 5 (1829)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Queteletia Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 117 (1859)
Philippinaea Schltr. & Ames in O.Ames, Orchidaceae 6: 278 (1920)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand, Vietnam.
Malesia
Jawa, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera.

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

Breda, J.G.S. van 1829. Genera et Species Orchidearum et Asclepiadearum, 2: t. 10.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 129 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Orchipedum (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 2021 Dec 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Orchipedum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Orchipedum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Orchipedum. 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 Dec 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Orchipedum. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Orchipedum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2021.

Vernacular names

Orchipedum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains three known species, all native to Southeast Asia.[2][3]

Orchipedum echinatum Aver. & Averyanova - Vietnam
Orchipedum plantaginifolium Breda - Thailand, Java, Peninsular Malaysia
Orchipedum wenzelii (Ames) J.J.Sm. - Philippines