Thecopus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Cymbidiinae
Genus: Thecopus
Overview of species (2)

T. maingayi – T. secunda
Name

Thecopus Seidenf., Opera Bot. 72: 101 (1983 publ. 1984)

Type species: Thecopus maingayi (Hook.f.) Seidenf., Opera Bot. 72: 101 (1983 publ. 1984)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand, Vietnam.
Malesia
Borneo, Malaya.

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.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 77 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
Seidenfaden, G. 1984. Opera Botanica 72: 101.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Thecopus. Accessed: 2021 May 25.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Thecopus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 25. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Thecopus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Thecopus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Thecopus. Published online. Accessed: 25 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Thecopus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 25.

Vernacular names

Thecopus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has two known species, native to Indochina and Borneo.[1][2]
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. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.