Sarcophyton

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Sarcophyton
Overview of species (3)

S. crassifolium – S. pachyphyllum – S. taiwanianum
Name

Sarcophyton Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 201 (1972)

Type species: Sarcophyton crassifolium (Lindl. & Paxton) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 202 (1972)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines.

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(4): 201.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 278 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sarcophyton in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 August 17. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sarcophyton in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 August 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sarcophyton. Published online. Accessed: 17 August 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Sarcophyton in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 August 17.
Tropicos.org 2019. Sarcophyton. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 August 17.

Vernacular names

中文: 肉兰属

Sarcophyton is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has three known species, native to Taiwan and the Philippines:[1][2]

Sarcophyton crassifolium (Lindl. & Paxton) Garay - Philippines
Sarcophyton pachyphyllum (Ames) Garay - Philippines
Sarcophyton taiwanianum (Hayata) Garay - Taiwan