Porpax (plant)

Porpax is a genus of epiphytic orchids native to southern and southeastern Asia from India to Yunnan to Borneo. As of March 2021^[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:^[2]

Porpax
Porpax meirax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Podochileae
Subtribe:	Eriinae
Genus:	Porpax Lindl. 1845, not Salisb. 1866^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Aggeianthus Wight Alvisia Lindl. Conchidium Griff. Lichenora Wight Stolzia Schltr.

Porpax reticulata

• Porpax albiflora (Rolfe) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax angustifolia (Mansf.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax articulata (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax atrorubra (Mansf.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax borneensis J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb
• Porpax braccata (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax bulbophylloides (C.Schweinf.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax capuccinorum Aver.
• Porpax christopheri (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax compacta (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax conica (Summerh.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax cupuligera (Kraenzl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax dickasonii (Ormerod) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax elaidium (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax elwesii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
• Porpax exilis (Hook.f.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax extinctoria (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax fibuliformis (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl.
• Porpax filiformis (Wight) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax gigantea Deori
• Porpax grandiflora Seidenf.
• Porpax heiligenthalii (Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel & Delep.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax jerdoniana (Wight) Rolfe
• Porpax kalkhof-roseae (Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel & Delep.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax karikouyensis (Schltr.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax lacei (Summerh.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax lanii Seidenf.
• Porpax laosensis Aver.
• Porpax lasiorhiza (Schltr.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax leedalii (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax macrantha Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax meirax (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) King & Pantl.
• Porpax microchilos (Dalzell) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax moniliformis (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax muscicola (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax nana (A.Rich.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax nyassana (Schltr.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax oligantha (Mansf.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax parishii (Lindl. & Rchb.f.) Rolfe
• Porpax peperomioides (Kraenzl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax pusilla (Griff.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax repens (Rolfe) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax reticulata Lindl.
• Porpax scaposa Seidenf.
• Porpax seidenfadenii A.N.Rao
• Porpax sikkimensis (Bajrach. & K.K.Shrestha) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax spirodela (Aver.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax summerhayesiana (A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax thaithongiae Suddee, Promm. & Watthana
• Porpax ustulata (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rolfe
• Porpax verrucosa Schuit.
• Porpax viridis (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
• Porpax williamsonii (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Porpax
2. "Porpax Lindl.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-03-21

External links

•   Media related to Porpax at Wikimedia Commons
•   Data related to Porpax at Wikispecies