Pseuderia Explained

Pseuderia is a genus of orchids consisting of about 20 species distributed from the Moluccas through New Guinea to Samoa, Fiji and Micronesia. The genus has its center of diversity in New Guinea.^[1]

Species accepted as of June 2014:

1. Pseuderia amblyornidis (Rchb.f.) Ormerod - New Guinea
2. Pseuderia brevifolia J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
3. Pseuderia diversifolia J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
4. Pseuderia floribunda Schltr. - New Guinea
5. Pseuderia foliosa (Brongn.) Schltr. - Maluku, New Guinea
6. Pseuderia frutex (Schltr.) Schltr. - New Guinea
7. Pseuderia ledermannii Schltr. - New Guinea
8. Pseuderia micronesiaca Schltr. - Pohnpei
9. Pseuderia nigricans Ridl. - New Guinea
10. Pseuderia pauciflora Schltr. - New Guinea
11. Pseuderia platyphylla L.O.Williams - Fiji
12. Pseuderia ramosa L.O.Williams - Samoa, Futuna
13. Pseuderia robusta Schltr. - New Guinea
14. Pseuderia samarana Meneses, Z.D. & Cootes, J - Philippines
15. Pseuderia sepikana Schltr. - New Guinea
16. Pseuderia similis (Schltr.) Schltr. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands
17. Pseuderia smithiana C.Schweinf. - Fiji
18. Pseuderia sympodialis J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
19. Pseuderia takeuchii Ormerod - Papua New Guinea
20. Pseuderia trachychila (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
21. Pseuderia wariana Schltr. - New Guinea

External links

• Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Pseuderia Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 344
• Omerod, Paul. 2005. Papuasian Orchid Studies 2. Austrobaileya 7(1)

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=166132 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families