Lowiaceae

<i>Orchidantha</i>

Orchidantha

Genus of flowering plants

Orchidantha is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III system, it is placed in the family Lowiaceae,[2] as the sole genus.[5] It includes the plants in the formerly recognised genera Lowia and Protamomum.

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Orchidantha remains a poorly known genus, found from southern China to Borneo.[4][6] Orchidantha means "orchid-flower", as one of the petals on the flowers is modified into a labellum, like the flowers of orchids.[7] One species, Orchidantha inouei of Borneo, imitates the smell of dung in order to attract small Onthophagus dung beetles as pollinators.[8]

Taxonomy

Cladogram: Phylogeny of Zingiberales[9]
Zingiberales

Species

Orchidantha siamensis

As of August 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 17 species:[4][10]

  • Orchidantha borneensis N.E.Br. - Borneo
  • Orchidantha chinensis T.L.Wu - Guangdong, Guangxi
  • Orchidantha fimbriata Holttum - Pen. Malaysia
  • Orchidantha foetida Jenjitt. & K.Larsen - Thailand
  • Orchidantha grandiflora Mood & L.B.Pedersen - Sabah
  • Orchidantha holttumii K.Larsen - Sabah, Brunei
  • Orchidantha inouei Nagam. & S.Sakai - Sarawak
  • Orchidantha insularis T.L.Wu - Hainan
  • Orchidantha laotica K.Larsen - Laos
  • Orchidantha longiflora (Scort.) Ridl. - Pen. Malaysia
  • Orchidantha maxillarioides (Ridl.) K.Schum. - Pahang
  • Orchidantha quadricolor L.B.Pedersen & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
  • Orchidantha sabahensis A.L.Lamb & L.B.Pedersen - Sabah
  • Orchidantha siamensis K.Larsen - Pen. Malaysia, S Thailand
  • Orchidantha stercorea H.Ð.Trần & Škorničk. - Vietnam
  • Orchidantha suratii L.B.Pedersen - Sabah
  • Orchidantha vietnamica K.Larsen - Vietnam

References

  1. [1]
    1894 illustration by Matilda Smith, published in "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 120 ser. 3 nr. 50 tabl. 7351
  2. [2]
    Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
  3. [3]
    "Orchidantha". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  4. [4]
    Search for "Orchidantha", "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  5. [5]
    Stevens, P.F. "Lowiaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  6. [6]
    Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 319 兰花蕉科 lan hua jiao ke Lowiaceae Ridley
  7. [7]
    "Lowiaceae" Archived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 September 2011
  8. [8]
    Sakai, Shoko; Tamiji, Inoue (1 January 1999). "A new pollination system: dung-beetle pollination discovered in Orchidantha inouei (Lowiaceae, Zingiberales) in Sarawak, Malaysia". American Journal of Botany. 86 (1): 56–61. doi:10.2307/2656954. JSTOR 2656954. PMID 21680345.
  9. [9]
    Sass et al 2016.
  10. [10]
    Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3). Magnolia Press: 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.

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