Oberonioides is a genus of orchids native to China and Thailand.[1] Only two species are known:[2][3]
- Oberonioides oberoniiflora (Seidenf.) Szlach. - Thailand
- Oberonioides pusillus (Rolfe) Marg. & Szlach. - Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan
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| Oberonioides pusillus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Malaxideae |
| Subtribe: | Malaxidinae |
| Genus: | Oberonioides Szlach. |
| Type species | |
| Oberonioides oberoniiflora (Seidenf.) Szlach.
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The genus name of Oberonioides is derived from Oberon, a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature.[4]
The genus was circumscribed by Dariusz Lucjan Szlachetko in Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. vol.3 on page 134 in 1995.
References
edit- ^ Szlachetko, Dariusz L. 1995. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Suppl. 3: 134.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China, v 25 p 235, 小沼兰 xiao zhao lan, Oberonioides microtatantha (Schlechter) Szlachetko (Synonym of Oberonioides pusillus)
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.