Pseudovanilla, commonly known as giant climbing orchids, is a genus of eight climbing orchids in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus have tall climbing stems with clinging roots, leaf-like bracts and branching flowering stems with colourful, spreading sepals and petals. Species in the genus are native to Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, Solomons, Micronesia and Fiji.[1][2]
| Giant climbing orchid | |
|---|---|
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| Pseudovanilla foliata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Vanilloideae |
| Tribe: | Vanilleae |
| Genus: | Pseudovanilla Garay[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ledgeria foliata F.Muell. | |
The genus was first formally described in 1986 by Leslie Andrew Garay in Botanical Museum Leaflets, the name Pseudovanilla meaning "false vanilla", a "reference to the casual similarity of the plants to both genera". Garay nominated Ledgeria foliata (now Pseudovanilla foliata as the type species.[3]
List of species
editThe following is a list of species of Pseudovanilla recognised by the Plants of the World Online as at April 2024:[4]
- Pseudovanilla affinis (J.J.Sm.) Garay (1986) - Java
- Pseudovanilla anomala (Ames & L.O.Williams) Garay (1986) - Fiji
- Pseudovanilla foliata (F.Muell.) Garay (1986) - Queensland, New South Wales, New Guinea
- Pseudovanilla gracilis (Schltr.) Garay (1986) - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Pseudovanilla montigena (Schltr.) Ormerod (2001) - New Guinea
- Pseudovanilla philippinensis (Ames) Garay (1986) - Luzon
- Pseudovanilla ponapensis (Kaneh. & Yamam.) Garay (1986) - Pohnpei
- Pseudovanilla ternatensis (J.J.Sm.) Garay (1986) - Ternate Island
References
edit- ^ a b c "Pseudovanilla". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 319. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- ^ Garay, Leslie A. (1986). "Olim Vanillaceae". Botanical Museum Leaflets. 30 (4): 234–237. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Pseudovanilla". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
External links
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