- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
Corymborkis Thouars

[FTEA]
Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968
- Morphology General Habit
- Terrestrial herbs with short rhizomes
- Morphology Stem
- Stems erect to several m., rigid, leafy
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves distichous but often appearing spiral, sessile to shortly petiolate, plicate, lanceolate to elliptic
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences 1–4 axillary panicles, few–many-flowered
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white to greenish white
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal
- Tepals long, linear, subequal, basally connivent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Labellum
- Lip similar but broadly ovate at apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
- Column long, slender, straight, dilated at apex with 2 lateral auricles; anther erect, narrow, acuminate, ± as long as column; pollinia 2, narrow, sectile, on a long slender caudicle attached to a peltate viscidium descending behind the column; stigma broad, deeply 2-lobed; rostellum erect, bifid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule retaining remnants of perianth and column.
[FZ]
Orchidaceae, I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb. Flora Zambesiaca 11:1. 1995
- Morphology General Habit
- Rhizomatous terrestrial herb with tall, erect leafy stems.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves distichous, sessile or shortly petiolate, plicate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences axillary panicles, few to many-flowered.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white or greenish-white.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals and petals subequal, long, linear, basally connivent; lip similar, but with ovate apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
- Column long, straight, slender but dilated at apex, with 2 lateral auricles.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
- Anther erect, narrow, acuminate, almost as long as column; pollinia 2, narrow, sectile, with a long slender caudicle attached to a peltate viscidium descending behind column.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma broad, deeply 2-lobed; rostellum erect, bifid.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Extinct in:
Leeward Is.
- Corymborkis corymbis Thouars
- Corymborkis flava (Sw.) Kuntze
- Corymborkis forcipigera (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) L.O.Williams
- Corymborkis galipanensis (Rchb.f.) Foldats
- Corymborkis guyanensis Szlach., S.Nowak & Baranow
- Corymborkis harlingii Szlach. & Kolan.
- Corymborkis minima P.J.Cribb
- Corymborkis veratrifolia (Reinw.) Blume
Corymborkis Thouars appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2007 | Ollerton, J. [155] | Rhynchanthera | K000957778 | Yes | |
Cheek, M. [1303], Madagascar | Corymborchis | 57138.000 | No |
First published in Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One) Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 7: 179.
- in Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809)
Flora Zambesiaca
- Rasmussen in Bot. Tidsskr. 71: 161–192 (1977)
- in Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Rasmussen in Bot. Tidsskr. 71: 161–192 (1977)
- in Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 318 (1809)
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Flora Zambesiaca
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