Silvorchis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Nervilieae
Subtribus: Epipogiinae
Genus: Silvorchis
Overview of species (4)

S. aurea – S. colorata – S. furcata – S. vietnamica
Name

Silvorchis J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 13: 2 (1907)

Type species: Silvorchis colorata J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 13: 3 (1907)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Vietorchis Aver. & Averyanova, Updated Checklist Orchids Vietnam: 92 (2003)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam.
Malesia
Jawa.

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

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 525 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.
Smith, J.J. 1907. Bulletin du Département de l'Agriculture aux Indes Néerlandaises 13: 2.

Links

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

Vernacular names

Silvorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Only one species is known, Silvorchis colorata, endemic to Java. This is a holomycotrophic species, completely lacking in chlorophyll.[1][2]

Silvorchis was previously included in the subtribe Epipogiinae, but is now placed in Orchidinae.[3]
See also

List of Orchidaceae genera

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Chase, Mark W.; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Freudenstein, John V.; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Salazar, Gerardo; van den Berg, Cássio; Schuiteman, André (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234. ISSN 0024-4074.