Agrostophyllum
| Agrostophyllum | |
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| Agrostophyllum philippinense photo by Ronny Boos | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Agrostophyllinae |
| Genus: | Agrostophyllum Blume, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Agrostophyllum javanicum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Agrostophyllum is a genus with about ninety species from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The genus name is derived from the Greek words agrostis ("grass") and phyllos ("leaf"), referring to the grass-like appearance of the leaves of some species.[2]
These epiphytic orchids occur in tropical lowland forests, growing on trunks or branches of trees. They are found from the Seychelles, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia to the Pacific Islands. The center of diversity is to be found in New Guinea, with at least 45 species.[1][3]
These orchids have elongate, frequently pendulous stems with dense leaves that overlap at their base. They show peculiar, ball-like inflorescences of many bracts, bearing small flowers.
Sections[]
There are four sections in this genus :[4]
- - elongated inflorescence which may have the form of a spike, but also may be partly branched as in a panicle.
- – Leaves somewhat longer; small flowers on a shortened apical head; a few species may only develop one or two flowers.
- - characterised by a much elongated rhizome and pendant sympodia. Leaves and flowers similar to those of the previous section.
- Appendiculopsis - slightly elongated, short creeping rhizomes; distichous, crowded, oblong leaves, at right angles with axis of stem, abruptly truncated at base, with a small petiole; terminal or lateral inflorescence; used to belong to the genus Appendicula.
Species[]
Currently accepted species as of May 2014:[1]
- (New Guinea)
- (Ambon)
- (New Guinea)
- (Fiji)
- (Borneo)
- (Ambon)
- (Papua New Guinea)
- : Double-spotted Agrostophyllum (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (E. Himalaya to Indo-China)
- (Nepal to Hainan)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago)
- (Bismarck Archipelago)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea to Solomon Is.)
- (W. Malaysia)
- (New Guinea
- (New Guinea)
- (Sumatra to Java)
- (New Guinea)
- (Sumatra)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (Philippines)
- Agrostophyllum elongatum : Elongated Agrostophyllum (Malaysia to W. Pacific)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (Assam)
- (New Guinea)
- (W. Sumatra)
- (N. Borneo)
- (W. Malaysia)
- (New Guinea to Vanuatu)
- (New Guinea)
- (Kalimantan)
- (S. Taiwan to Philippines)
- (W. Malesia)
- (New Guinea)
- (Caroline Is.)
- (New Guinea)
- (Sumatra)
- (Borneo)
- (W. & C. Java)
- (W. Malaysia)
- (New Guinea to SW. Pacific)
- (Philippines)
- (Pen. Thailand to Malaysia)
- (Philippines)
- (Philippines)
- (New Guinea)
- (Pen. Thailand to Vanuatu)
- (Philippines)
- (N. Borneo to Philippines)
- (New Guinea to W. Pacific)
- (Philippines)
- (Philippines)
- : Mountain Agrostophyllum (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh)
- Kittr. (Papua New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (Seychelles, N. Madagascar)
- (Caroline Is. - Palau)
- ( New Guinea to Solomon Islands)
- (Papua New Guinea)
- (Maluku to New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- Agrostophyllum philippinense (Philippines)
- (Himalaya to Indo-China)
- : River-loving Agrostophyllum (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (Philippines)
- (Borneo)
- (New Guinea)
- (Seychelles)
- (Sulawesi)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (Indo-China, Malaysia to Solomon Islands)
- (W. Malaysia)
- (Indo-China, Malaysia to Solomon Islands)
- (W. Sumatra, Borneo)
- (New Guinea to Solomon Islands)
- (W. Malaysia)
- (New Guinea to S. Vanuatu)
- (Sumatra, Borneo)
- (New Guinea)
- (Maluku)
- (New Guinea)
- (New Guinea)
- (Philippines)
- (Sri Lanka)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Phukan, S. 1992. The genus Agrostophyllum Bl. in India. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 71(1-4): 235-238.
- ^ Flora of China v 25 p 362, 禾叶兰属 he ye lan shu, Agrostophyllum Blume, Bijdr. 368. 1825.
- ^ Schuiteman, A. et al. Revision of Agrostophyllum section Appendiculopsis, with notes on the systematics of Agrostophyllum; Orchid Monographs vol. 8. 1997
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Categories:
- Agrostophyllum
- Epidendreae genera
- Epiphytic orchids