Trachoma

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: Trachoma
Overview of species (17)

T. binchinae – T. brevirhachis – T. candida – T. celebicum – T. coarctatum – T. gamma – T. guamense – T. latriniformis – T. minuta – T. papuanum – T. phillipsii – T. rhopalorrhachis – T. rumphii – T. sarcochiloides – T. sinapicolor – T. speciosum – T. stellatum
Name

Trachoma Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 207 (1972)

Type species: Trachoma rhopalorrhachis (Rchb.f.) Garay (1972)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Assam.
Indo-China
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Malesia
Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
Papuasia
New Guinea.
Australasia
Australia
Queensland.
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Marianas.
South-Central Pacific
Cook 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: 207.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 309 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Trachoma. Accessed: 2021 May 20.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Trachoma 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 20. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Trachoma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Trachoma. 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 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Trachoma. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Trachoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20.

Vernacular names

English: Spectral orchids