Orchidaceae

Hetaeria Blume

First published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 409 (1825), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. Tropical Africa to Tanzania, W. Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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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.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bijdr. 409 (1825), as Etaeria
  • F.T.A. 7: 183.
  • corr. Blume, Praef. Fl. Java vii (1828)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bijdr.: 409 (1825), as “ Etaeria ”
  • corr. Bl., Fl. Java: vii (1828)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 27, 2019 Jefferson Hall [069/93] Cameroon K001417260 Yes
May 9, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [0537] Thailand K000596005 Yes
May 9, 2008 Kerr, A.F.G. [0699] Thailand K000596004 Yes
Cheang, K.C. Malaysia K:SPC-31552.000 No
K:SPC-09693.000 No
Cheek, M. [7813] Cameroon K:SPC-61667.000 No
McLoughlin, D. [911] Fiji K:SPC-29196.000 No
Thurn, E.F.I. [78] Fiji K000942874 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lewis, G.P. [150] Malaysia K:SPC-43169.000 No
Chan, C.L.; Gunsalem, A. [39/87] Indonesia K:SPC-72106.000 Holotype No
Thwaites, G.H.K. [3425] Sri Lanka K000387654 Type Yes
Mambo, P. [217] Cameroon K000050047 Yes
Lighava, M.; Faucher, P.; Faucher, M.; Etuge, M. [41] Cameroon K:SPC-77437.000 No
Gibbs, L.S. [667] Fiji K000942875 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lewis, B.; Mcdonagh, J. [178] Vanuatu K:SPC-54926.000 No
Cheek, M.; Solomon; Jones; Norris; Laidley; Lopes [5819] Cameroon K:SPC-77445.000 No
K:SPC-28178.000 No
Cribb, P.; Morrison, A. [1881] Solomon Islands K:SPC-45525.000 No
Cheek, M. [10142] Cameroon K:SPC-61937.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7380] Nepal Etaeria K001127260 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 7381] Etaeria K001127264 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 7382] Etaeria K001127265 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7380] Burma Etaeria K001127262 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7385] Nepal Etaeria K000618044 Type Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 7380] Etaeria K001127261 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7383] Burma Etaeria K001127266 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7384] Etaeria K001127267 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7381] Bangladesh Etaeria K001127263 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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