Rhizanthella

Rhizanthella gardneri
Typus of Rhizanthella

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diurideae
Subtribus: Rhizanthellinae
Genus: Rhizanthella

Overview of species (4)

R. gardneri – R. johnstonii – R. omissa – R. slateri

New species 2020:

R. speciosa
[1]

Name

Rhizanthella R.S.Rogers, J. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 15: 1 (1928).

• Type species: Rhizanthella gardneri R.S.Rogers, J. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 15: 1 (1928)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Cryptanthemis Rupp, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 57: 58 (1932).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rogers, R.S. 1928. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 15: 1.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 193 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rhizanthella. Accessed: 2023 Jul 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rhizanthella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Rhizanthella. 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 Jul 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 30516-1. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Rhizanthella. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023 30516-1.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Rhizanthella. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Rhizanthella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jul 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Underground orchids
suomi: Mantukämmekät
日本語: リザンテラ属
한국어: 지하란속
перем коми: Ризантелла
коми: Ризантелла
кырык мары: Ризантелла
русский: Ризантелла
удмурт: Ризантелла

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