Apostasia wallichii

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Apostasia wallichii']

• English: Yellow grass orchid
• 中文: 剑叶拟兰
• 中文（简体）: 剑叶拟兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Apostasioideae • Genus: Apostasia (Orchidaceae) • Species: Apostasia wallichii (R.Br.) Endl. (1837)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Mesodactylis wallichii (R.Br.) Endl., Gen. Pl.: 221 (1837) Heterotypic synonyms Mesodactylis deflexa Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 74 (1830) Niemeyera stylidioides F.Muell., Fragm. 6: 96 (1867) Apostasia stylidioides (F.Muell.) Rchb.f., Flora 55: 278 (1872) Neumayera stylidioides (F.Muell.) Rchb.f., Flora 55: 278 (1872) Apostasia alba Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 4: 329 (1889) Apostasia gracilis Rolfe, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 242 (1889) Apostasia lucida Blume ex Siebe, Anat. Bau Apost.: 16 (1903) Apostasia papuana Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee, Nachtr.: 72 (1905) Apostasia curvata J.J.Sm., Mitt. Bot. Mus. Hamburg 7: 11 (1927) Apostasia wallichii var. seraweiensis J.J.Sm., Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 10 (1927) Apostasia nipponica Masam., J. Jap. Bot. 11: 46 (1935) Apostasia wallichii subsp. nipponica (Masam.) Masam., J. Geobot. 11(4): back cover (1963) Apostasia wallichii var. nipponica (Masam.) Masam., Rep. (Annual) Noto Mar. Lab. 3: 63 (1963)

Images of the whole plant

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  Apostasia wallichii
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  Apostasia wallichii

Botanical illustrations

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  Apostasia wallichii
  plate 84 in vol. I - III
  Nathaniel Wallich:
  Plantæ Asiaticæ Rariores
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1830-1832)
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  Apostasia wallichii
  (as syn.
  Apostasia stylidioides)
  plate 196; I 1-3 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 2
  (1874)
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  Apostasia wallichii
  figure 3 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 1. Heft
  Leiden (1908)
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  Apostasia wallichii
  (as syn.
  Apostasia papuana)
  tab 55 fig. 89 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Orchidaceae Nova Guinea XII
  (1913-1915)
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  Apostasia wallichii
  (as syn.
  Apostasia papuana)
  tab 55 fig. 89 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Orchidaceae Nova Guinea XII
  (1913-1915)

  (Detail)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Hainan. Eastern Asia Japan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia New Guinea. Australasia Australia Queensland.

Selected Weblinks

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