Sarcanthopsis

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: Sarcanthopsis
Overview of species (6)

S. hansemannii – S. nagarensis – S. praealta – S. quaifei – S. warocqueana – S. woodfordii
Name

Sarcanthopsis Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 198 (1972)

Type species: Sarcanthopsis nagarensis (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 199 (1972)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji, New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.

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

Garay, L.A. 1972. Botanical Museum Leaflets 23: 198.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 271 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sarcanthopsis. Accessed: 2020 Dec 26.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Sarcanthopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Sarcanthopsis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Sarcanthopsis. Published online. Accessed: 26 Dec 2020.
The Plant List 2013. Sarcanthopsis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 26.
Tropicos.org 2020. Sarcanthopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 26.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Саркантопсис

Sarcanthopsis, commonly known as goliath orchids,[2] is a genus of six species of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are large epiphytes or lithophytes with long, thick, leathery stems, large, crowded leathery leaves and many yellowish flowers on a branched flowering stem. Orchids in this genus occur in New Guinea and islands of the south-west Pacific.

Description

Orchids in the Sarcanthopsis are large epiphytic or lithophytic monopodial plants with smooth leaves and stems up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) long. A large number of leathery oblong leaves folded lengthwise have their bases wrapped around the stem. Yellowish resupinate flowers with brown spots, 20–30 millimetres (0.79–1.2 in) in diameter are arranged on a branching flowering stem and face in many different directions. The sepals and petals are free from and similar to each other in size and shape. The labellum is rigidly fixed to the column and has three lobes, a concave upper "hypochile" and lower "epichile" and a sharp bend in its middle.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming

The genus Sarcanthopsis was first formally described in 1972 by Leslie Andrew Garay and the description was published in Harvard University Botanical Museum Leaflets.[1] The name Sarcanthopsis refers to the similarity of orchids in this genus to those in the genus Sarcanthus, now known as Cleisostoma. The ending -opsis is an Ancient Greek suffix meaning "having the appearance of" or "like".[6][5]

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

Sarcanthopsis chalmersiana (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) Ormerod – Papua New Guinea
Sarcanthopsis hansemannii (Kraenzl.) J.J.Wood & Ormerod - New Ireland
Sarcanthopsis nagarensis (Rchb.f.) Garay - Fiji, Santa Cruz Islands, Wallis & Futuna
Sarcanthopsis quaifei (Rolfe) Garay - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
Sarcanthopsis warocqueana (Rolfe) Garay - Papua New Guinea
Sarcanthopsis woodfordii (Rolfe) Garay - Solomon Islands

Distribution

Orchids in this genus are found in the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, the Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu and the Wallis and Futuna Islands. A single juvenile plant of Sarcanthopsis warocqueana has been seen on Moa Island, Queensland in the Torres Strait.[1][2]
See also

List of Orchidaceae genera

References

"Sarcanthopsis". 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. 446. ISBN 1877069124.
"Genus Sarcanthopsis". Orchids of New Guinea. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
"Sarcanthopsis". Plants of the World online. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
Pridgeon, Alec M.; Cribb, Phillip J.; Chase, Mark W.; Rasmussen, Finn N. (2014). Genera Orchidacearum: Epidendroideae (part 3). Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: Oxford University Press. pp. 271–272.
Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 483.