Orchidantha (Redirected from Lowiaceae)

Orchidantha
Orchidantha maxillarioides.jpg
Orchidantha maxillarioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Lowiaceae
Ridl.
Genus: Orchidantha
N.E.Br.
Type species
Orchidantha borneensi
N.E.Br.
Synonyms
  • Lowia Scort. 1886 not Hook.f. 1894
  • Lowia Hook.f. 1894 not Scort. 1886
  • Protamomum Ridl. 1893

Orchidantha is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III system, it is placed in the family Lowiaceae, as the sole genus. It includes the plants in the formerly recognised genera Lowia and Protamomum.

Orchidantha remains a poorly known genus, found from southern China to Borneo. Orchidantha means "orchid-flower", as one of the petals on the flowers is modified into a labellum, like the flowers of orchids. One species, Orchidantha inouei of Borneo, imitates the smell of dung in order to attract small Onthophagus dung beetles as pollinators.

Taxonomy

Cladogram: Phylogeny of Zingiberales
Zingiberales
Zingiberineae
Zingiberariae

Zingiberaceae

Costaceae

Cannariae

Cannaceae

Marantaceae

Strelitziineae

Lowiaceae

Strelitziaceae

Heliconiaceae

Musaceae

Species

Orchidantha siamensis

As of August 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 17 species:

  • Orchidantha borneensis N.E.Br. - Borneo
  • Orchidantha chinensis T.L.Wu - Guangdong, Guangxi
  • Orchidantha fimbriata Holttum - Pen. Malaysia
  • Orchidantha foetida Jenjitt. & K.Larsen - Thailand
  • Orchidantha grandiflora Mood & L.B.Pedersen - Sabah
  • Orchidantha holttumii K.Larsen - Sabah, Brunei
  • Orchidantha inouei Nagam. & S.Sakai - Sarawak
  • Orchidantha insularis T.L.Wu - Hainan
  • Orchidantha laotica K.Larsen - Laos
  • Orchidantha longiflora (Scort.) Ridl. - Pen. Malaysia
  • Orchidantha maxillarioides (Ridl.) K.Schum. - Pahang
  • Orchidantha quadricolor L.B.Pedersen & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
  • Orchidantha sabahensis A.L.Lamb & L.B.Pedersen - Sabah
  • Orchidantha siamensis K.Larsen - Pen. Malaysia, S Thailand
  • Orchidantha stercorea H.Ð.Trần & Škorničk. - Vietnam
  • Orchidantha suratii L.B.Pedersen - Sabah
  • Orchidantha vietnamica K.Larsen - Vietnam

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