Pholidota, commonly known as rattlesnake orchids,[2] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are clump-forming epiphytes or lithophytes with pseudobulbs, each with a single large leaf and a large number of small, whitish flowers arranged in two ranks along a thin, wiry flowering stem that emerges from the top of the pseudobulb. There are about thirty five species native to areas from tropical and subtropicalAsia to the southwestern Pacific.
Orchids in the genus Pholidota are sympodial epiphytic, lithophytic or, rarely, terrestrialherbs with pseudobulbs, each with one or two large, stalked leathery leaves. A large number of small flowers are arranged in two ranks along a thin, wiry flowering stem that emerges from the top of the pseudobulb. There is a large, papery bract at the base of each flower. The flowers are white, cream-coloured, yellowish or pinkish with a concave dorsal sepal and smaller petals. The labellum is rigidly fixed to the base of the column and there is a deep sac-like structure at its base.[2][3][4][5]
The genus Pholidota was first formally described in 1825 by John Lindley who published the description in Hooker'sExotic Flora, Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare or Otherwise Interesting Exotic Plants.[1][6][7] The name Pholidota is derived from the Ancient Greek word pholidotos meaning "clad in scales",[8] referring to the large bracts at the base of the flower in some species.[3]
^ abJones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 472. ISBN1877069124.
^ abD.L.Jones; T.Hopley; S.M.Duffy (2010). "Pholidota". Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ ab"Pholidota". Flora of China. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^"Genus Pholidota". Orchids of New Guinea. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^Lindley, John; Hooker, William Jackson (1825). Exotic Flora (Volume 2). Edinburgh: William Blackwood. p. 138. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 604.
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Pholidota commonly known as rattlesnake orchids 2 is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae Plants in this genus are clump forming epiphytes or lithophytes with pseudobulbs each with a single large leaf and a large number of small whitish flowers arranged in two ranks along a thin wiry flowering stem that emerges from the top of the pseudobulb There are about thirty five species native to areas from tropical and subtropical Asia to the southwestern Pacific PholidotaPholidota chinensisScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsOrder AsparagalesFamily OrchidaceaeSubfamily EpidendroideaeTribe ArethuseaeSubtribe CoelogyninaeGenus PholidotaLindl 1 SynonymsAcanthoglossum Blume Chelonanthera Blume Crinonia Blume Ptilocnema D Don Camelostalix Pfitzer in H G A Engler Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Taxonomy and naming 3 1 Species list 4 References 5 External linksDescription editOrchids in the genus Pholidota are sympodial epiphytic lithophytic or rarely terrestrial herbs with pseudobulbs each with one or two large stalked leathery leaves A large number of small flowers are arranged in two ranks along a thin wiry flowering stem that emerges from the top of the pseudobulb There is a large papery bract at the base of each flower The flowers are white cream coloured yellowish or pinkish with a concave dorsal sepal and smaller petals The labellum is rigidly fixed to the base of the column and there is a deep sac like structure at its base 2 3 4 5 Distribution editOrchids in the genus Pholidota are found in China Taiwan the Indian Subcontinent Cambodia Laos Myanmar the Nicobar Islands Thailand Vietnam Borneo Java the Lesser Sunda Islands Peninsular Malaysia the Maluku Islands the Philippines Sulawesi Sumatra the Bismarck Archipelago New Guinea the Solomon Islands Queensland Australia Fiji New Caledonia the Santa Cruz Islands and Vanuatu 1 4 Taxonomy and naming editThe genus Pholidota was first formally described in 1825 by John Lindley who published the description in Hooker s Exotic Flora Containing Figures and Descriptions of New Rare or Otherwise Interesting Exotic Plants 1 6 7 The name Pholidota is derived from the Ancient Greek word pholidotos meaning clad in scales 8 referring to the large bracts at the base of the flower in some species 3 Species list edit The following is a list of Pholidota species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at January 2019 1 Pholidota advena C S P Parish amp Rchb f Hook f Myanmar Pholidota aidiolepis Seidenf amp de Vogel Thailand Pholidota articulata Lindl Guizhou Sichuan Tibet Yunnan Assam Bhutan Cambodia India Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Nepal Thailand Vietnam Pholidota camelostalix Rchb f Sumatra Java Bali Lombok Timor Flores Pholidota camelostalix var camelostalix Pholidota camelostalix var vaginata Carr de Vogel Pholidota cantonensis Rolfe Fujian Guangdong Guangxi Hunan Jiangxi Taiwan Zhejiang Pholidota carnea Blume Lindl Thailand Malaysia Indonesia Philippines New Guinea Bismarcks Pholidota carnea var carnea Pholidota carnea var parviflora Hook f de Vogel Pholidota carnea var pumila Ridl de Vogel Pholidota chinensis Lindl Fujian Guangdong Guangxi Guizhou Hainan Tibet Yunnan Zhejiang Myanmar Vietnam Pholidota clemensii Ames Borneo Pholidota convallariae C S P Parish amp Rchb f Hook f Yunnan Assam Bhutan Myanmar Thailand Vietnam Java Sumatra Pholidota corniculata Pfitzer amp Kraenzl in H G A Engler Assam Pholidota cyclopetala Kraenzl in H G A Engler Sumatra Pholidota gibbosa Blume Lindl ex de Vriese Solomons and much of Indonesia Pholidota globosa Blume Lindl Sumatra Java Bali Pholidota guibertiae Finet Vietnam Pholidota imbricata Lindl in W J Hooker widespread from Tibet to Queensland and New Caledonia Pholidota katakiana Phukan Arunachal Pradesh Pholidota leveilleana Schltr Vietnam Guangxi Guizhou Yunnan Pholidota longibulba Holttum Peninsular Malaysia Pholidota longilabra de Vogel Sumatra Pholidota longipes S C Chen amp Z H Tsi Yunnan Pholidota mediocris de Vogel Borneo Pholidota missionariorum Gagnep Bhutan eastern India Myanmar Vietnam Pholidota nervosa Blume Rchb f Sumatra Java Pholidota niana Y T Liu R Li amp C L Long Yunnan Pholidota pachyglossa Aver Vietnam Pholidota pallida Lindl Yunnan Bhutan Assam India Laos Myanmar Nepal Thailand Vietnam Cambodia Pholidota pectinata Ames Borneo Pholidota pholas Rchb f in W G Walpers southeastern China Pholidota protracta Hook f Yunnan Nepal Assam Bhutan Myanmar Pholidota pygmaea H J Chowdhery amp G D Pal Arunachal Pradesh Pholidota pyrranthela Gagnep Vietnam Pholidota recurva Lindl Yunnan Bhutan Assam India Myanmar Nepal Thailand Vietnam Pholidota roseans Schltr Guizhou Vietnam Pholidota rubra Lindl Sikkim Bhutan Assam Vietnam Pholidota schweinfurthiana L O Williams Borneo Pholidota sigmatochilus J J Sm Sabah Pholidota sulcata J J Sm Borneo Pholidota ventricosa Blume Rchb f Vietnam Malaysia Indonesia Philippines New Guinea Pholidota wattii King amp Pantl Assam Pholidota yongii J J Wood Pholidota yunnanensis Rolfe Vietnam Guangxi Guizhou Hubei Hunan Sichuan YunnanReferences edit a b c d Pholidota World Checklist of Selected Plant Families WCSP Royal Botanic Gardens Kew a b Jones David L 2006 A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories Frenchs Forest N S W New Holland p 472 ISBN 1877069124 a b D L Jones T Hopley S M Duffy 2010 Pholidota Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research CANBR Australian Government Retrieved 28 May 2021 a b Pholidota Flora of China Retrieved 16 January 2019 Genus Pholidota Orchids of New Guinea Retrieved 16 January 2019 Pholidota APNI Retrieved 16 January 2019 Lindley John Hooker William Jackson 1825 Exotic Flora Volume 2 Edinburgh William Blackwood p 138 Retrieved 16 January 2019 Brown Roland Wilbur 1956 The Composition of Scientific Words Washington D C Smithsonian Institution Press p 604 External links edit nbsp Media related to Pholidota at Wikimedia Commons Pholidota photo in nature Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pholidota plant amp oldid 1025677286, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
