Tainia

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Tainia
Tainia bicornis (as Ania bicornis) - Edwards vol 30 (NS 7) pl 8 (1844).jpg
Illustration of (as Ania bicornis) by Sarah Drake[2]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Collabieae
Genus: Tainia
Blume[1]
Type species

Blume
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitopetalum Blume
  • Mischobulbum Schltr.

Tainia, commonly known as ribbon orchids[3] or 带唇兰属 (dai chun lan shu)[4] is a genus of about thirty species of evergreen, terrestrial orchids in the (family Orchidaceae) distributed from India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland.[1]

Description[]

Orchids in the genus Tainia are evergreen, terrestrial herbaceous plants with upright, crowded, thin fleshy pseudobulbs. Each pseudobulb has a single, smooth or pleated leaf. The flower stalk emerges from the pseudobulb on the top of a leafless shoot and bears resupinate yellowish, brownish, red or purple small to moderately large flowers. The sepals and petals are similar in size and shape to each other and several flowers open simultaneously. The labellum is sometimes lobed but always has prominent ridges on its upper surface.[3][4][5]

Taxonomy and naming[]

The genus Tainia was first formally described in 1825 by Carl Ludwig Blume who published the description in Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië.[1][6][7] The name Tainia is an Ancient Greek word meaning "ribbon", "fillet", "band" or "stripe"[8] but Blume's reason for giving this name is not known.[5]

Species list[]

The following is a list of the species of Tainia currently accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as of October 2014:[1]

  • (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Hook.f. - Vietnam, Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan
  • () & A.L.Lamb - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Rolfe - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang
    • Tainia dunnii var. caterva ( & ) T.P.Lin
  • (Schltr.) - Myanmar
  • - Taiwan
  • (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan
    • Tainia latifolia subsp. elongata (J.J.Sm.) - Sumatra, Java, Borneo
    • Tainia latifolia subsp. latifolia - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan
    • Tainia latifolia subsp. subintegra - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan
  • Makino - Japan, Taiwan, Izu-shoto, Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands)
  • (Seidenf.) & A.L.Lamb - Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan
  • Hook.f. - Guangxi, Guangdong, Vietnam
  • Hook.f. - Java, Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  • (J.J.Sm.) & A.L.Lamb - Sulawesi
  • ( & ) ined. - India, Bhutan, Assam
  • Hook.f. - Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Yunnan, Tibet
  • - Sumatra, Borneo
  • J.J.Sm. - New Guinea, Solomons
  • (Breda) J.J.Sm. - Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
  • (A.L.Lamb ex ) & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
  • Carr - Borneo
  • (Hook.f.) J.J.Sm. - Borneo
  • - western New Guinea
  • (Seidenf. ex ) ined. - Vietnam
  • Blume - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  • Tainia trinervis Blume Rchb.f. - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomons, Queensland
  • Ridl. - Malaysia, Borneo
  • (Hook.f.) J.J.Sm. - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra

Distribution and habitat[]

Orchids in the genus Tainia grow in high rainfall, shady forests. They are found in Sri Lanka, India and Japan, then south from Myanmar to New Guinea, Australia and some Pacific Islands. Thirteen species, of which two are endemic are found in China. The only Australian specis, T. trinervis also occurs in New Guinea and some Pacific Islands.[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Tainia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ^ Drake, Sarah; Lindley, John (ed.) (1844). "Ania bicornis". Edwards's Botanical Register. 30: 8. Retrieved 3 November 2018. {{cite journal}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ a b c Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 364. ISBN 1877069124.
  4. ^ a b c Chen, Xinqi; Wood, Jeffrey J. "Tainia". Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b D.L.Jones; T.Hopley; S.M.Duffy (2010). "Tainia". . Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Tainia". APNI. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  7. ^ Blume, Carl Ludwig (1825). Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. Batavia. p. 354. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  8. ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 660.
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