- Family: Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus: Zeuxine Lindl.
Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schltr.
- Genus: Zeuxine Lindl.
[KBu]
Neto, L.M., Miranda, M.R. & Cruz, D. Kew Bull (2011) 66: 155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9271-2
- Morphology General Habit
- Terrestrial herb, c. 13 cm tall, commonly caespitose
- Morphology Stem
- Stem erect, slender, dark-green, sometimes reddish
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 6, spirally arranged, sessile, with amplexicaul sheath, dark green, sometimes reddish
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a spike
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers with white sepals and petals and greenish yellow lip; dorsal sepal ovate, concave, apex acute; lateral sepals ovate, apex acute; petals lanceolate, subfalcate, apex acute; lip adnate to base of column, cymbiform, apex truncate, laterally dilated.
- Distribution
- Southeast and central Asia, northern Oceania; introduced into the Middle East, North America, United States, Hawaii, the Caribbean and Brazil.
- Ecology
- In Brazil, found within the Atlantic forest domain, in a transition between restinga (coastal forest) and dense evergreen forest; it was growing in sandy-clay soil; near sea level.
- Conservation
- Least Concern (LC) due to its widespread distribution.
- Note
- According to records from specimens in Northern Hemisphere herbaria, Zeuxine strateumatica flowers between December and February, but in Brazil it was observed in flower between June and July. Therefore it flowers in autumn-winter throughout its distribution.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Iran, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Alabama, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil Southeast, California, Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Jamaica, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Texas
- Adenostylis emarginata Blume
- Adenostylis integerrima Blume
- Adenostylis strateumatica (L.) Ames
- Adenostylis sulcata (Roxb.) Hayata
- Neottia strateumatica (L.) R.Br.
- Orchis strateumatica L.
- Pterygodium sulcata Roxb.
- Spiranthes strateumatica (L.) Lindl.
- Strateuma zeylanica Raf.
- Zeuxine bonii Gagnep.
- Zeuxine bracteata Wight
- Zeuxine brevifolia Wight
- Zeuxine emarginata (Blume) Lindl.
- Zeuxine integerrima (Blume) Lindl.
- Zeuxine procumbens Blume
- Zeuxine robusta Wight
- Zeuxine rupicola Fukuy.
- Zeuxine stenochila Schltr.
- Zeuxine strateumatica var. laxiflora I.Barua
- Zeuxine strateumatica var. rupicola (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying
- Zeuxine strateumatica f. rupicola (Fukuy.) T.Hashim.
- Zeuxine sulcata (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Wight
- Zeuxine wariana Schltr.
Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schltr. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1990 | Godefroy, L. [412], Cambodia | K000079063 | Unknown type material | |
| Jun 2, 1927 | India | K000387632 | lectotype | |
| Jun 2, 1927 | Wight, R. [s.n], India | K000387630 | Unknown type material | |
| Jun 2, 1927 | s.coll. [s.n], India | K000387631 | Unknown type material | |
| India | 34112.000 | |||
| India | 34115.000 | |||
| 9711.000 | ||||
| Collenette, J.S. [9411], Saudi Arabia | 59781.000 | |||
| Stocks, J.E. [411], India | K000387633 | Unknown type material | ||
| Cooper, J. [s.n.], Bermuda | 52407.000 | |||
| Shyam Shahi, Nepal | 60303.000 | |||
| Wight, R. [s.n], India | K000387629 | Unknown type material | ||
| Ellerton Stocks [411], India | K000387623 | Unknown type material | ||
| Wallich, N. [s.n.], Bangladesh | K000942797 | isotype | ||
| Goldman, D. [3982], Florida | K000718413 | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.], India | K000942798 | |||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 7392] | Zeuxine sulcata | K001127278 | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 7392] | Zeuxine sulcata | K001127279 | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 7392] | Zeuxine sulcata | K001127280 |
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 394 (1911)
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Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Menini Neto, L., Rodrigues Miranda, M. & Cruz, D. (2011). Zeuxine strateumatica (Orchjidaceae) goes south: a first record for Brazil Kew Bulletin 66: 155-158.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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