Malaxis

Vernacular names [değiştir wikidata 'Malaxis']

• English: Adder's-mouth orchid
• مصرى: مالكسيس
• беларуская: Мякатніца
• বাংলা: অ্যাডারস মাউথ
• čeština: měkčilka
• suomi: Mukulavalkut
• hrvatski: Mekača
• hornjoserbsce: Jednolist
• 日本語: ヤチラン属
• перем коми: Малаксис
• коми: Малаксис
• latviešu: vienlapes
• македонски: мекница
• кырык мары: Малаксис
• norsk nynorsk: Knottblomslekta
• polski: Wyblin
• русский: Мякотница
• svenska: Knottblomstersläktet
• удмурт: Малаксис
• 中文: 沼兰属, 原沼兰属
• 中文（中国大陆）: 原沼兰属
• 中文（简体）: 沼兰属
• 中文（臺灣）: 原沼蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Malaxideae • Genus: Malaxis Sol. ex Sw. (1778)

Cins Malaxis Sol. ex Sw. (1778)

Synonyms

Heterotypic synonyms Achroanthes Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 195 (1819) Acroanthes Raf., J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 261 (1819) Microstylis (Nutt.) Eaton, Man. Bot., ed. 3: 115 (1822 Cheiropterocephalus Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 28 (1877) Glossochilopsis Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 122 (1995) Kornasia Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 120 (1995) Lisowskia Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 121 (1995) Tamayorkis Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 121 (1995) Crossoliparis Marg., Acta Soc. Bot. Poloniae 78: 298 (2009)

167 Species

Type species Malaxis spicata Sw. (1788)

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  Malaxis brachystachys

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  Malaxis cogniauxiana
  fig. I

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  Malaxis densiflora

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  Malaxis discolor

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  Malaxis excavata
  fig. II

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  Malaxis fastigiata

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  Malaxis histionantha

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  Malaxis moluccana

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  Malaxis monophyllos

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  Malaxis parthoni

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  Malaxis seychellarum

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  Malaxis unifolia

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  Malaxis versicolor

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  Malaxis warmingii
  fig. I

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Qinghai, Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Kazan-retto, Korea, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Thailand. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Europe Regional: Eastern Europe Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Northern Europe Finland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Regional: Southwestern Europe France. Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Masachusettes, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isle, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California. Regional: Subarctic America Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Continental: Pacific Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Regional: Southwestern Pacific Vanuatu. Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Malaxis.

• BioLib link: Malaxis Sol. ex Sw.
• ITIS link: Malaxis Sol. ex Sw.
• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Malaxis Sol. ex Sw. (1778)
• The Plant List link: Malaxis
• Tropicos link: Malaxis Sol. ex Sw. (+ sub-taxa)