Phaius is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of large, mostly terrestrial orchids (
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus...
Orchidaceae). The genus has about 20
speciesIn biology, a species is:* a taxonomic rank or* a unit at that rank ....
. These species are found in
tropicalThe tropics,the tropics are very hot. hi everyone! peace out!seated in the equatorial regions of the world, are limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' N latitude and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23°26' S latitude...
AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
, into
ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
, and west to
AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the...
and
MadagascarMadagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth-largest island in the world, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are endemic to...
. The genus is abbreviated
Phaius in trade journals.
The following genera have been included into this genus:
- Cyanorchis Thouars
Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars was an eminent French botanist.-Introduction:He was from an aristocrat family of the region of Anjou, where he grew up in the castle of Boumois, near Saumur...
- Gastorchis Thouars
Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars was an eminent French botanist.-Introduction:He was from an aristocrat family of the region of Anjou, where he grew up in the castle of Boumois, near Saumur...
- Gastrorchis Schltr.
Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids....
- Hecabe Raf.
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe, was a nineteenth-century polymath who made notable contributions to the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America, Mesoamerican ancient linguistics, and botany and zoology. His personal life was erratic.Many have called him...
- Pachyne Salisb.
Richard Anthony Salisbury FRS was a British botanist. He was born in Leeds, England, the son of Richard Markham. He changed his last name to Salisbury following a supposed financial arrangement for support in his studies. This arrangement was claimed to have been made with a Mrs...
- Pesomeria Lindl.
John Lindley was an English botanist.- Life and work :Lindley was born at Catton, near Norwich, where his father, George Lindley, author of A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, owned a nursery garden. He was educated at what was then Norwich Grammar School...
- Tankervillia Link
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link was a German naturalist and botanist.Link was born at Hildesheim as a son of the minister August Heinrich Link , who taught him the love for nature through collection of 'natural objects'...
- Phaius australis F.Muell., (1858).
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Phaius is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of large, mostly terrestrial orchids (
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus...
Orchidaceae). The genus has about 20
speciesIn biology, a species is:* a taxonomic rank or* a unit at that rank ....
. These species are found in
tropicalThe tropics,the tropics are very hot. hi everyone! peace out!seated in the equatorial regions of the world, are limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' N latitude and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23°26' S latitude...
AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
, into
ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
, and west to
AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the...
and
MadagascarMadagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth-largest island in the world, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are endemic to...
. The genus is abbreviated
Phaius in trade journals.
Synonymy
The following genera have been included into this genus:
- Cyanorchis Thouars
Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars was an eminent French botanist.-Introduction:He was from an aristocrat family of the region of Anjou, where he grew up in the castle of Boumois, near Saumur...
- Gastorchis Thouars
Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars was an eminent French botanist.-Introduction:He was from an aristocrat family of the region of Anjou, where he grew up in the castle of Boumois, near Saumur...
- Gastrorchis Schltr.
Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids....
- Hecabe Raf.
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe, was a nineteenth-century polymath who made notable contributions to the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America, Mesoamerican ancient linguistics, and botany and zoology. His personal life was erratic.Many have called him...
- Pachyne Salisb.
Richard Anthony Salisbury FRS was a British botanist. He was born in Leeds, England, the son of Richard Markham. He changed his last name to Salisbury following a supposed financial arrangement for support in his studies. This arrangement was claimed to have been made with a Mrs...
- Pesomeria Lindl.
John Lindley was an English botanist.- Life and work :Lindley was born at Catton, near Norwich, where his father, George Lindley, author of A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, owned a nursery garden. He was educated at what was then Norwich Grammar School...
- Tankervillia Link
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link was a German naturalist and botanist.Link was born at Hildesheim as a son of the minister August Heinrich Link , who taught him the love for nature through collection of 'natural objects'...
List of species
- Phaius australis F.Muell., (1858).
- Phaius australis var. australis F.Muell., (1858)
- Phaius australis var. bernaysii (F.Muell. ex Rchb.f.) Nicholls, 1951
- Phaius baconii J.J.Wood & Shim in C.L.Chan. & al., (1994).
- Phaius bernaysii F.Muell. ex Rchb.f., (1873) (synonym of the accepted name Phaius australis var. bernaysii (F.Muell. ex Rchb.f.) Nicholls, 1951 )
- Phaius borneensis J.J.Sm., (1903).
- Phaius callosus (Blume) Lindl., 8 (1831).
- Phaius columnaris C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng, (1985).
- Phaius corymbioides Schltr., (1911).
- Phaius daenikeri Kraenzl., (1929).
- Phaius delavayi (Finet) P.J.Cribb & Perner, (2002).
- Phaius ecalcaratus J.J.Sm., (1911).
- Phaius epiphyticus Seidenf., (1985).
- Phaius flavus (Blume) Lindl., (1831).
- Phaius fragilis L.O.Williams, (1938).
- Phaius gratus Blume, (1856).
- Phaius guizhouensis G.Z.Li, (1990).
- Phaius hainanensis C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng, (1982).
- Phaius indigoferus Hassk., (1842).
- Phaius indochinensis Seidenf. & Ormerod, (1995).
- Phaius klabatensis J.J.Sm., (1926).
- Phaius labiatus J.J.Sm., (1920).
- Phaius longibracteatus (S.Moore) Frapp. ex Cordem., (1895).
- Phaius luridus Thwaites, (1861).
- Phaius lyonii Ames, (1915).
- Phaius mannii Rchb.f., (1881).
- Phaius mindorensis Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., (1907).
- Phaius mishmensis (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f., (1857).
- Phaius montanus Schltr., (1912).
- Phaius nanus Hook.f., (1890).
- Phaius occidentalis Schltr. in O.Warburg (ed.), (1903).
- Phaius pauciflorus (Blume) Blume, (1856).
- Phaius pauciflorus var. pallidus (Ridl.) Holttum, (1947).
- Phaius pauciflorus subsp. pauciflorus .
- Phaius pauciflorus var. punctatus (Lindl.) J.J.Sm., (1920).
- Phaius pauciflorus subsp. sabahensis J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al., (1993).
- Phaius pauciflorus var. sumatranus J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. (1920).
- Phaius philippinensis N.E.Br., (1889).
- Phaius pictus T.E.Hunt, (1952).
- Phaius pulchellus Kraenzl., (1882).
- Phaius pulchellus var. ambrensis Bosser, (1971).
- Phaius pulchellus var. andrambovatensis Bosser, (1971).
- Phaius pulchellus var. pulchellus .
- Phaius pulchellus var. sandrangatensis Bosser, (1971).
- Phaius reflexipetalus J.J.Wood & Shim in C.L.Chan. & al., 1 (1994).
- Phaius robertsii F.Muell., (1883).
- Phaius sinensis Rolfe, (1913).
- Phaius stenocentron Schltr., (1911).
- Phaius subtrilobus Ames & C.Schweinf. in O.Ames, (1920).
- Phaius tahitensis Schltr., 1 (1926).
- Phaius takeoi (Hayata) H.J.Su, (1989).
- Phaius tankervilleae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume, (1856).
- Phaius tenuis Rchb.f., (1857).
- Phaius terrestris (L.) Ormerod, 4 (1994).
- Phaius tetragonus (Thouars) Rchb.f., (1855).
- Phaius tonkinensis (Aver.) Aver. (2005)
- Phaius trichoneurus Schltr., (1925).
- Phaius villosus (Thouars) Blume, (1856).
- Phaius wallichii Lindl. in N.Wallich, (1831).
- Phaius wenshanensis F.Y.Liu, (1991).