Saccolabiopsis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Saccolabiopsis
Species: (14)
S. alata – S. armitii – S. bakhuizenii – S. gillespiei – S. microphyton – S. papuana – S. pumila – S. pusilla – S. rara – S. rectifolia – S. selebica – S. taiwaniana – S. tenella – S. viridiflora
Name

Saccolabiopsis J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 26: 93 (1918)

Type species: Saccolabiopsis bakhuizenii J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 26: 93 (1918)

References

Smith, J. J. (1918) Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 26: 93.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 264 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
'eFloras 2009. Saccolabiopsis in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Saccolabiopsis
Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Saccolabiopsis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Dec. 16. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2014. Saccolabiopsis in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Jun. 20.
Tropicos.org 2012. Saccolabiopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Dec. 16.
International Plant Names Index. 2012. Saccolabiopsis. Published online. Accessed: 16. Dec. 2012.
The Plant List 2013. Saccolabiopsis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Jun. 20.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Eastern Asia
Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya.
Regional: Indo-China
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Regional: Malesia
Jawa, Philippines, Sulawesi.
Regional: Papuasia
Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Queensland.
Continental: Pacific
Regional: Southwestern Pacific
Fiji.

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

Saccolabiopsis, commonly known as pitcher orchids,[2] or 拟囊唇兰属 (ni nang chun lan shu),[3] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are small epiphytes with short, fibrous stems, smooth, thin roots, a few thin, oblong to lance-shaped leaves in two ranks and large numbers of small green flowers on an unbranched flowering stem. There are about fifteen species found from the eastern Himalayas to the south-west Pacific.

Description

Orchids in the genus Saccolabiopsis are epiphytic, monopodial herbs with short stems and many smooth thin roots. The leaves are arranged in two ranks, oblong to lance-shaped, uncrowded and sometimes appear fan-like. A large number of small, uncrowded, mainly greenish, fragrant flowers are arranged on an unbranched flowering stem. The sepals and petals are narrow, and the labellum is stiffly attached to the column and has a deep cylindrical spur or pouch.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy and naming

The genus Saccolabiopsis was first formally described in 1918 by Johannes Jacobus Smith and the description was published in Bulletin du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg. The type species is Saccolabiopsis bakhuizenii.[1][6][7] The name Saccolabiopsis is a reference to the similarity of these orchids to those in the genus Saccolabium. The ending -opsis is an Ancient Greek suffix meaning "having the appearance of" or "like".[4][8]

Species list: The following is a list of species of Saccolabiopsis accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at December 2018:[1]

Saccolabiopsis alata J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
Saccolabiopsis armitii (F.Muell.) Dockrill - New Guinea, Queensland
Saccolabiopsis bakhuizenii J.J.Sm. - Java, Sumatra
Saccolabiopsis gillespiei (L.O.Williams) Garay - Fiji
Saccolabiopsis microphyton (Schltr.) J.J.Sm - Bismarck Islands
Saccolabiopsis papuana J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
Saccolabiopsis pumila Garay - New Guinea
Saccolabiopsis pusilla (Lindl.) Seidenf. & Garay - Himalayas, Thailand, Myanmar, Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh
Saccolabiopsis rara (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - New Guinea, Solomons
Saccolabiopsis rectifolia (Dockrill) Garay - Queensland
Saccolabiopsis selebica J.J.Sm. - Sulawesi
Saccolabiopsis taiwaniana S.W.Chung & T.C.Hsu - Taiwan
Saccolabiopsis tenella (Ames) Garay - Philippines
Saccolabiopsis viridiflora Aver. - Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam

Distribution

Species of Saccolabiopsis are found in the eastern Himalayas, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, Fiji and Queensland, Australia where two species are endemic.[1][2][5]
See also

List of Orchidaceae genera

References

"Saccolabiopsis". 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. p. 445. ISBN 1877069124.
Chen, Xinqi; Wood, Jeffrey J. "Saccolabiopsis". Flora of China. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
D.L.Jones; T.Hopley; S.M.Duffy (2010). "Saccolabiopsis". Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
"Saccolabiopsis". Orchids of New Guinea. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
"Saccolabiopsis". APNI. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
Smith, Johannes Jacobus (1918). Bulletin du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg (Series 2, No. 26). Buitenzorg: Departement de l'Agriculture, de l'Industrie et du Commerce aux Indes Neerlandaises. pp. 93–96. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 483.