Apostasia (Orchidaceae)

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Apostasia']

• English: Grass orchids
• перем коми: Апостасия
• коми: Апостасия
• мокшень: Апостасие
• олык марий: Апостасий
• кырык мары: Апостаси
• русский: Апостасия
• ไทย: สกุลตานขโมย
• удмурт: Апостасия
• Tiếng Việt: Chi Giả lan
• 中文: 拟兰属
• 中文（中国大陆）: 拟兰属
• 中文（简体）: 拟兰属
• 中文（繁體）: 假蘭屬
• 中文（臺灣）: 假蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Apostasioideae • Genus: Apostasia (Orchidaceae) Blume (1825)

Genus Apostasia Blume (1825)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Mesodactylis Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 74 (1830) Niemeyera F.Muell., Fragm. 6: 96 (1867) Neumayera Rchb.f., Flora 55: 278 (1872) Adactylus Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 4: 329 (1896)

8 Species

Included species (for Tropicos,  7 September 2018):
A. alba, A. brunonis, A. curvata, A. elliptica, A. gracilis, A. latifolia, A. lobbii, A. lucida, A. nipponica, A. nuda, A. odorata, A. papuana, A. parvula, A. platystylis, A. ramifera, A. selebica, A. stylidioides, A. thorelii, A. wallichii Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Apostasia odorata Blume (1825)

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  Apostasia nuda

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  Apostasia odorata
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  Apostasia wallichii

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland.

References

Description of taxon

• Blume, C.L. von (1825) Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 8: 423.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (1999) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 1: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae; page 100 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 850513 2
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Apostasia (Orchidaceae).

• eFloras (2009) link: Apostasia in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Apostasia
• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Apostasia (Orchidaceae)
• eMonocot link: Apostasia (Orchidaceae)
• Tropicos link: Apostasia (Orchidaceae)
• International Plant Names Index link: Apostasia (Orchidaceae)
• The Plant List link: Apostasia (Orchidaceae)