Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus explained

Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus is a subgenus of the genus Phalaenopsis.

Description

Vegetative characteristics

The species are epiphytic, monopodial herbs.

Generative characteristics

The labellum is spurred. The flowers have four pollinia.^[1]

Taxonomy

Publication

It was first published as Hygrochilus by Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer in 1897^[2] with Hygrochilus parishii as the type species.^[3] It was later integrated into the genus Phalaenopsis on the subgeneric level as Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus published by Alexander Kocyan and André Schuiteman in 2014.^{[4] [5]}

Species

It consists of the following species:

• Phalaenopsis hygrochila J.M.H.Shaw
• Phalaenopsis japonica (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.^[6]
• Phalaenopsis marriottiana (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.
• Phalaenopsis subparishii (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit.
• Phalaenopsis tsii (M.H.Li, Z.J.Liu & S.R.Lan) Hua Deng, Z.J.Liu & Yan Wang^[7]

Notes and References

1. Li, M. H., Zhang, G. Q., Liu, Z. J., & Lan, S. R. (2014). Revision of Hygrochilus (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Aeridinae) and a molecular phylogenetic analysis. Phytotaxa, 159(4), 256-268.
2. Hygrochilus Pfitzer. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved November 30, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/29720-1
3. Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-b). Hygrochilus Pfitzer. Tropicos. Retrieved November 30, 2024, from http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/40029174
4. Phalaenopsis subgen. Hygrochilus (Pfitzer) Kocyan & Schuit. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved November 30, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77138161-1
5. Kocyan, A., & Schuiteman, A. (2014). New combinations in Aeridinae (Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa, 161(1), 61-85.
6. Schuiteman, A. (2014) Phalaenopsis: the limits of a genus.
7. Li, M. H., Gruss, O., & Liu, Z. J. (2016). Nomenclature changes in Phalaenopsis subgen. Hygrochilus (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae; Vandeae) based on DNA evidence. Phytotaxa, 275(1), 55-61.