Pseudovanilla

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Vanilloideae
Tribus: Vanilleae
Genus: Pseudovanilla
Overview of species (8)

P. affinis – P. anomala – P. foliata – P. gracilis – P. montigena – P. philippinensis – P. ponapensis – P. ternatensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pseudovanilla in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 31. Reference page.

Name

Pseudovanilla Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30: 234 (1986)

Type species: Pseudovanilla foliata (F.Muell.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30: 235 (1986)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Jawa, Maluku, Philippines.
Papuasia
New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
Australia
New South Wales, Queensland.
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Caroline Islands.
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji.

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

Garay, L.A. 1986. Botanical Museum Leaflets 30: 234.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 319 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pseudovanilla. Accessed: 2020 Oct 31.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pseudovanilla in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 31. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pseudovanilla in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pseudovanilla. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct 2020.
The Plant List 2013. Pseudovanilla in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 31.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pseudovanilla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 31.

Vernacular names

فارسی: ارکیده‌های بالاروی بزرگ
перем коми: Псевдованиль
коми: Псевдованиль
олык марий: Псевдованиль
кырык мары: Псевдованиль
удмурт: Псевдованиль

Pseudovanilla, commonly known as giant climbing orchids, is a genus of eight climbing orchids in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus have tall climbing stems with clinging roots, leaf-like bracts and branching flowering stems with colourful, spreading sepals and petals. Species in the genus are native to, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, Solomons, Micronesia and Fiji.[1][2]
List of species

The following is a list of species of Pseudovanilla recognised by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at November 2020:[1]

Pseudovanilla affinis (J.J.Sm.) Garay (1986) - Java
Pseudovanilla anomala (Ames & L.O.Williams) Garay (1986) - Fiji
Pseudovanilla foliata (F.Muell.) Garay (1986) - Queensland, New South Wales, New Guinea
Pseudovanilla gracilis (Schltr.) Garay (1986) - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Pseudovanilla montigena (Schltr.) Ormerod (2001) - New Guinea
Pseudovanilla philippinensis (Ames) Garay (1986) - Luzon
Pseudovanilla ponapensis (Kaneh. & Yamam.) Garay (1986) - Pohnpei
Pseudovanilla ternatensis (J.J.Sm.) Garay (1986) - Ternate Island

References

"Pseudovanilla". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 319. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Garay, L.A. (1986) Botanical Museum Leaflets 30: 234.