Brachypeza, commonly known as sage orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus have short stems with fleshy leaves and arching flowering stems with short-lived flowers. The sepals and petals are similar in size and shape and the labellum is pouch-like and suspended at the base of the flower. Sage orchids occur in tropical areas from Indochina to New Guinea.[1][2]
| Brachypeza | |
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| Brachypeza cladostachya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Vandeae |
| Subtribe: | Aeridinae |
| Genus: | Brachypeza Garay[1] |
| Type species | |
| Brachypeza archytas (Ridl.) Garay
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Taxonomy and naming
editThe genus Brachypeza was first formally described in 1972 by Leslie Andrew Garay and the description was published in the Botanical Museum Leaflets of Harvard University.[1][3]
Species list
editThe following is a list of Brachypeza species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at December 2018.[1]
- Brachypeza archytas (Ridl.) Garay - Christmas Island
- Brachypeza cladostachya (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.
- Brachypeza indusiata (Rchb.f.) Garay - Borneo, Malaysia, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea
- Brachypeza koeteiensis (Schltr.) Garay - Borneo
- Brachypeza laotica (Seidenf.) Seidenf. - Laos, Thailand and possibly Vietnam
- Brachypeza minimipes (J.J.Sm.) Garay - Sumatra
- Brachypeza pallida (Blume) Kocyan & Schuit.
- Brachypeza semiteretifolia (H.A.Pedersen) Kocyan & Schuit.
- Brachypeza simondiana (Gagnep.) Kocyan & Schuit.
- Brachypeza stenoglottis (Hook.f.) Garay - Borneo, Malaysia, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea
- Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
- Brachypeza zamboangensis (Ames) Garay - Borneo, Philippines
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Brachypeza". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 434. ISBN 1877069124.
- ^ Garay, Leslie Andrew (1972). "On the systematics of the monopodial orchids I". Botanical Museum Leaflets. 23: 163–164. Retrieved 23 December 2018.