Orestias (Orchidaceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Orestias

Overview of species (4)

O. elegans – O. foliosa – O. micrantha – O. stelidostachya

Name

Orestias Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 187 (1887)

• Type species: Orestias elegans Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 197. (1887)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Ridley, H.N. 1887. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 24: 187.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 479 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Orestias (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 2023 Jan 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Orestias (Orchidaceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Orestias (Orchidaceae). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Orestias (Orchidaceae). Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Orestias (Orchidaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names

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