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Didymoplexis
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Description:
Terrestrial saprophytes, lacking leaves and chlorophyll. Roots tuberous. Stems erect, simple. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Flowers small. Tepals connate for c.1/2 of their length, forming a tube. Lip free from tepals; spur 0. Pollinia 4. Pedicels elongating rapidly after fertilisation.
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Didymoplexis:
Didymoplexis is a genus of 17 species of leafless, achlorophyllous orchids, native to Africa, Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Australia and various islands of the Pacific.[1][2] Their rhizomes have aerial roots. Flowers are solitary, resupinate, and arranged into terminal or subterminal raceme. In particular, one dorsal sepal is fused with the petals forming a hoodlike structure.[3]
List of species[edit]
Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]
- Didymoplexis africana Summerh. - Ghana,Ivory Coast, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Tanzania
- Didymoplexis cornuta J.J.Sm. - Java, Borneo
- Didymoplexis flexipes J.J.Sm. - Java
- Didymoplexis himalaica Schltr. - Assam, Bhutan
- Didymoplexis latilabris Schltr. - Kalimantan
- Didymoplexis micradenia (Rchb.f.) Hemsl. - Taiwan, Vietnam, Java, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Samoa, Wallis & Futuna, Micronesia
- Didymoplexis minor J.J.Sm. - Java
- Didymoplexis obreniformis J.J.Sm. - Java
- Didymoplexis pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Garay & W.Kittr. - Queensland
- Didymoplexis pallens Griff. - Afghanistan, Fujian, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar,Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines, Sumatra, Christmas Island, Northern Territory (of Australia), Queensland, Western Australia, Vanuatu, Niue
- Didymoplexis philippinensis Ames - Philippines
- Didymoplexis seidenfadenii C.S.Kumar & Ormerod - Kerala
- Didymoplexis striata J.J.Sm. - Java, Borneo
- Didymoplexis torricellensis Schltr. - New Guinea
- Didymoplexis trukensis Tuyama - Micronesia
- Didymoplexis verrucosa J.Stewart & Hennessy - KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar
- Didymoplexis vietnamica Ormerod - Guangxi, Vietnam
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Didymoplexis in Australia
- ^ AHUT CHANTANAORRAPINT, CHUMPOL KHUNWASI, MANITKIDYOO & PARINYANOOT KLINRATANA. 2008 Didymoplexis flexipesJ.J. Sm. (Orchidaceae), A New Record for Thailand. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 8(2): 210-21
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