Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part 2), Vanilloideae

by Pridgeon, Alec M.; Cribb, Phillip J.; Chase, Mark W.; Rasmussen, Finn N.

• ISBN13: 9780198507116
• ISBN10: 0198507119
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This third volume in the Genera Orchidacearum series describes the remaining 105 genera of subfamily Orchidoideae and all 15 genera of subfamily Vanilloideae. Comprehensive treatments are provided for each genus, which include complete nomenclature, description, distribution (with map), anatomy, palynology, cytogenetics, phytochemistry, phylogenetics, pollination, ecology, and economic uses. Cultivation notes are included for those genera known to be in hobbyist collections. Genera are beautifully illustrated with 242 line drawings and 24 pages of color photographs. Special Features: * Classification of orchids based on evolutionary history, determined by morphology and the latest DNA data * Distribution maps of each genus provide graphic details on the dispersion of the flowers * Beautifully illustrated with 242 line drawings and 24 pages of color plates * Includes cultivational details for orchid enthusiasts * Draws on the contributions of over 50 international orchid experts

Author Biography

Alec M. Pridgeon is Sainsbury Orchid Fellow of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London; Research Associate of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida; member of the Orchid Committee and Orchid Registration Advisory Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. In orchid circles he is perhaps best known as past Editor of the American Orchid Society Bulletin (now titled Orchids) and Founding Editor of the scientific orchid journal, Lindleyana. He has written or co-written 50 scientific articles or book chapters and 90 popular articles, co-written and co-directed five videotapes, edited 11 books including the Proceedings of the 14th World Orchid Conference and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids, and compiled the Orchid Action Plan for the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN in Geneva. Phillip Cribb is currently Deputy Keeper of the Herbarium and Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He has specialized in the taxonomy of Old World tropical orchids, participating in many expeditions to study orchids in the field. He is the author of several books and over 350 papers on orchids and is co-editor of the Orchid Research Newsletter. He has been a member of the Royal Horticultural Society's Orchid Committee for over 20 years, an executive member of the International Orchid Commission, and currently chairs the IUCN/Species Survival Commission's Orchid Specialist Group, which publishes Orchid Conservation News. He was recently awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Westonbirt Medal for his work on orchids.
Mark W. Chase is the Head of the Molecular Systematics Section of the Jodrell Laboratory at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He has received the Cooley Award from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, the Rolf Dalhgren Prize from by the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund (Sweden), the Linnean Medal for Botany from the Linnean Society of London, and an ICI/Current Contents award for being one of the top 15 most-cited authors in the fields of agriculture and plant and animals sciences (1991-2001); he holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Uppsala (Sweden) and is a Visiting Professor in the School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London and member of the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. Finn N. Rasmussen is Associate Professor at the Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen. He is a member of The Orchid Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN, the Society of
Systematic Biologists, Botanical Society of America, and Dansk Botanisk Forening.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	xiii
List of colour plates	xv
I ORCHIDOIDEAE (Part 2)	1	(2)
D CHLORAEEAE	3	(14)
Bipinnula	5	(2)
Chloraea	7	(3)
Gavilea	10	(1)
Geoblasta	11	(6)
E CODONORCHIDEAE	17	(4)
Codonorchis	17	(4)
F CRANICHIDEAE	21	(2)
Cranichidinae	23	(36)
Aa	24	(2)
Altensteinia	26	(3)
Baskervilla	29	(1)
Cranichis	29	(4)
Exalaria	33	(4)
Fuertesiella	37	(1)
Gomphichis	37	(3)
Myrosmodes	40	(1)
Nothostele	40	(2)
Ponthieva	42	(5)
Porphyrostachys	47	(1)
Prescottia	47	(4)
Pseudocentrum	51	(2)
Pseudocranichis	53	(1)
Pterichis	53	(2)
Solenocentrum	55	(2)
Stenoptera	57	(2)
Galeottiellinae	59	(4)
Galeottiella	59	(4)
Goodyerinae	63	(90)
Aenhenrya	66	(3)
Anoectochilus	69	(3)
Aspidogyne	72	(2)
Chamaegastrodia	74	(3)
Cheirostylis	77	(3)
Cystorchis	80	(2)
Danhatchia	82	(3)
Dossinia	85	(1)
Erythrodes	85	(5)
Eurycentrum	90	(1)
Gonatostylis	90	(4)
Goodyera	94	(4)
Halleorchis	98	(1)
Herpysma	98	(4)
Hetaeria	102	(3)
Hylophila	105	(2)
Kreodanthus	107	(3)
Kuhlhasseltia	110	(1)
Lepidogyne	110	(4)
Ligeophila	114	(2)
Ludisia	116	(3)
Macodes	119	(2)
Microchilus	121	(3)
Myrmechis	124	(2)
Odontochilus	126	(3)
Orchipedum	129	(2)
Pachyplectron	131	(3)
Papuaea	134	(2)
Platylepis	136	(2)
Platythelys	138	(3)
Rhamphorhynchus	141	(1)
Rhomboda	142	(3)
Stephanothelys	145	(1)
Vrydagzynea	145	(5)
Zeuxine	150	(3)
Manniellinae	153	(3)
Manniella	154	(2)
Pterostylidinae	156	(8)
Pterostylis	157	(7)
Spiranthinae	164	(115)
Aracamunia	168	(2)
Aulosepalum	170	(4)
Beloglottis	174	(2)
Brachystele	176	(3)
Buchtienia	179	(2)
Coccineorchis	181	(1)
Cotylolabium	182	(3)
Cybebus	185	(3)
Cyclopogon	188	(4)
Degranvillea	192	(1)
Deiregyne	193	(4)
Dichromanthus	197	(2)
Discyphus	199	(1)
Eltroplectris	200	(4)
Eurystyles	204	(3)
Funkiella	207	(3)
Hapalorchis	210	(2)
Helonoma	212	(3)
Kionophyton	215	(2)
Lankesterella	217	(2)
Lyroglossa	219	(3)
Mesadenella	222	(2)
Mesadenus	224	(3)
Microthelys	227	(2)
Odontorrhynchus	229	(3)
Pelexia	232	(4)
Physogyne	236	(2)
Pseudogoodyera	238	(2)
Pteroglossa	240	(4)
Sacoila	244	(2)
Sarcoglottis	246	(4)
Sauroglossum	250	(3)
Schiedeella	253	(3)
Skeptrostachys	256	(2)
Spiranthes	258	(8)
Stalkya	266	(1)
Stenorrhynchos	267	(3)
Svenkoeltzia	270	(2)
Thelyschista	272	(1)
Veyretia	273	(6)
II VANILLOIDEAE	279	(6)
Pogonieae	285	(12)
Cleistes	286	(3)
Duckeella	289	(2)
Isotria	291	(3)
Pogonia	294	(3)
Pogoniopsis	297	(1)
Vanilleae	297	(38)
Clematepistephium	299	(3)
Cyrtosia	302	(2)
Dictyophyllaria	304	(2)
Epistephium	306	(3)
Eriaxis	309	(2)
Erythrorchis	311	(2)
Galeola	313	(3)
Lecanorchis	316	(3)
Pseudovanilla	319	(2)
Vanilla	321	(14)
Glossary	335	(5)
References	340	(9)
Index to scientific names	349	(4)
Subject index	353