Orchidaceae

Porpax Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 31(Misc.): 62 (1845)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to SW. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ng, Y.P. & al. (2018). Phylogenetics and sytematics of Eria and related genera (Orchidaceae: Podochileae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 186: 179-201.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Archer, P.G. [21A], Kenya Stolzia 18347.000 No
Piers, F. [P.60], Kenya Stolzia 21224.000 No
Ryan, P. [242], Cameroon Stolzia 76130.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0