Plocoglottis Explained

Plocoglottis is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), native to Southeast Asia and to various islands from the Andaman Islands to the Solomons.[1] [2]

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  1. Plocoglottis angulata J.J.Sm. - Borneo
  2. Plocoglottis atroviridis Schltr. - New Guinea
  3. Plocoglottis bicallosa Ames - Philippines
  4. Plocoglottis bicomata L.O.Williams - Luzon
  5. Plocoglottis bokorensis (Gagnep.) Seidenf. - Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  6. Plocoglottis borneensis Ridl. - Borneo
  7. Plocoglottis confertiflora J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  8. Plocoglottis copelandii Ames - Philippines
  9. Plocoglottis dilatata Blume - Borneo, Java
  10. Plocoglottis gigantea (Hook.f.) J.J.Sm. - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  11. Plocoglottis glaucescens Schltr. - New Guinea
  12. Plocoglottis hirta Ridl. - Borneo
  13. Plocoglottis janowskii J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  14. Plocoglottis javanica Blume - Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra
  15. Plocoglottis kaniensis Schltr. - New Guinea, Solomons, Bismarcks
  16. Plocoglottis lacuum J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  17. Plocoglottis lancifolia J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  18. Plocoglottis latifrons J.J.Sm. - New Guinea, Solomons
  19. Plocoglottis lobulata Schltr. - Sulawesi
  20. Plocoglottis loheriana (Kraenzl.) Goebel - Philippines
  21. Plocoglottis longicuspis J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  22. Plocoglottis lowii Rchb.f. - Andaman Islands, Thailand, Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Maluku, New Guinea
  23. Plocoglottis lucbanensis Ames - Philippines
  24. Plocoglottis maculata Schltr. - New Guinea
  25. Plocoglottis mamberamensis J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  26. Plocoglottis mindorensis Ames - Philippines
  27. Plocoglottis moluccana Blume - Maluku, New Guinea
  28. Plocoglottis neohibernica Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - Bismarcks
  29. Plocoglottis parviflora Ridl. - Sarawak
  30. Plocoglottis plicata (Roxb.) Ormerod - Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Maluku, Sulawesi, Philippines
  31. Plocoglottis pseudomoluccana Schltr. - New Guinea
  32. Plocoglottis pubiflora Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach - New Guinea
  33. Plocoglottis quadrifolia J.J.Sm. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
  34. Plocoglottis sakiensis Schltr. - New Guinea
  35. Plocoglottis seranica J.J.Sm. - Seram
  36. Plocoglottis sororia J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  37. Plocoglottis sphingoides J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  38. Plocoglottis striata J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  39. Plocoglottis torana J.J.Sm. - New Guinea, Solomons
  40. Plocoglottis torricellensis Schltr. - New Guinea
  41. Plocoglottis tropidiifolia J.J.Sm. - New Guinea

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=161423 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.