Goodyera Corniculata

''Goodyera'', commonly called rattlesnake plantain, jade orchids or ladies' tresses is a wide-ranging genus of orchids in the tribe Cranichideae. About 100 species of ''Goodyera'' have been formally described. With a center of diversity in East Asia, Goodyera is found across Europe, Madeira, North and Central America, Australia, and on islands from the west Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. They have a rosette of leaves at their base and usually many small white resupinate flowers. They are similar to orchids in the genus '' Spiranthes'' but can be distinguished from them by the shape and colour patterns of the leaves.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Goodyera'' are mainly terrestrial plants with a fleshy, creeping rhizome and a loose rosette of leaves at the base of a flowering stem with many small, resupinate flowers. The leaves are elliptic, characteristically wikt:asymmetrical, asymmetrical and green with white or pale green markings. The entire plant apart from the flowers is covered with slightly sticky hairs. The wikt:dorsal, dorsal sepal and petals overlap, forming a hood over the Column (botany), column and the wikt:lateral, lateral sepals spread widely. The Labellum (botany), labellum is not lobed but has a small pouch. Orchids in the genus '' Spiranthes'' are similar but ''Spiranthes'' lack rhizomes, have flat, non-pouched labella, and display plain green leaves.

Taxonomy and naming

The genus ''Goodyera'' was first formally described in 1813 by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Robert Brown and the description was published in William Aiton's Hortus Kewensis. The genus name honours John Goodyer.

Generic delimitation of Goodyera remains problematic, with some authors providing evidence to support a narrower Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscription of the genus.

The genus is abbreviated ''G.'' in horticultural nomenclature.
Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names
', Royal Horticultural Society, 2017.

Distribution

With a center of diversity in East Asia, Goodyera is found across Europe, Madeira, North and Central America, Australia, and on islands from the west Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

List of species

The following is a list of species of ''Goodyera'' recognised by the ''World Checklist of Selected Plant Families'' as at August 2018:

*''Goodyera afzelii'' Schltr. (1918)
*''Goodyera alveolata'' Pradhan (1979)
*''Goodyera amoena'' Schltr. (1911)
*''Goodyera angustifolia'' Schltr. (1905)
*''Goodyera beccarii'' Schltr. (1910)
*''Goodyera bifida'' (Blume) Blume (1858)
*''Goodyera biflora'' (Lindl.) Hook.f. (1890)
*''Goodyera bomiensis'' K.Y.Lang (1978)
*''Goodyera boninensis'' Nakai (1923)
*''Goodyera brachystegia'' Hand.-Mazz. (1936)
*''Goodyera bracteata'' Thouars (1822)
*''Goodyera bradeorum'' Schltr. (1923)
*''Goodyera clausa'' (A.A.Eaton ex Ames) Schltr. (1911)
*''Goodyera colorata'' (Blume) Blume (1858)
*''Goodyera condensata'' Ormerod & J.J.Wood (2001)
*''Goodyera corniculata'' (Rchb.f.) Ackerman
*''Goodyera crocodiliceps'' Ormerod (1996)
*''Goodyera cyclopensis'' Ormerod (2017)
*''Goodyera daibuzanensis'' Yamam. (1932)
*''Goodyera denticulata'' J.J.Sm. (1934)
*''Goodyera dolabripetala'' (Ames) Schltr. (1908
*''Goodyera elmeri'' (Ames) Ames (1938)
*''Goodyera erosa'' (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf. (1934)
*''Goodyera erythrodoides'' Schltr. (1911)
*''Goodyera fimbrilabia'' Ormerod (2006)
*''Goodyera flaccida'' Schltr. (1924)
*''Goodyera foliosa'' (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f. (1890)
*''Goodyera fumata'' Thwaites (1861)
*''Goodyera fusca'' (Lindl.) Hook.f. (1890
*''Goodyera gemmata'' J.J.Sm. (1909)
*''Goodyera gibbsiae'' J.J.Sm. (1922)
*''Goodyera goudotii'' Ormerod & Cavestro (2006)
*''Goodyera hachijoensis'' Yatabe (1891)
*''Goodyera hemsleyana'' King & Pantl. (1895)
*''Goodyera henryi'' Rolfe (1896)
*''Goodyera hispaniolae'' Dod (1986)
*''Goodyera hispida'' Lindl. (1857)
*''Goodyera humicola'' (Schltr.) Schltr. (1924)
*''Goodyera inmeghema'' Ormerod (1996)
*''Goodyera kwangtungensis'' C.L.Tso (1933)
*''Goodyera lamprotaenia'' Schltr. (1911)
*''Goodyera lanceolata'' Ridl. (1870)
*''Goodyera luzonensis'' Ames (1915)
*''Goodyera macrophylla'' Lowe (1831)
*''Goodyera major'' Ames & Correll (1942)
*''Goodyera makuensis'' Ormerod (2013)
*''Goodyera malipoensis'' Q.X.Guan & S.P.Chen (2014)
*''Goodyera maurevertii'' Blume (1858)
*''Goodyera micrantha'' Schltr. (1923)
*''Goodyera modesta'' Schltr. (1923)
*''Goodyera myanmarica'' Ormerod & C.S.Kumar (2006)
*''Goodyera nankoensis'' Fukuy. (1934)
*''Goodyera nantoensis'' Hayata (1911)
*''Goodyera novembrilis'' (Rchb.f.) Ormerod (1996)
*''Goodyera oblongifolia'' Raf. (1833)
*''Goodyera ovatilabia'' Schltr. (1923)
*''Goodyera pendula'' Maxim. (1888)
*''Goodyera perrieri'' (Schltr.) Schltr. (1924)
*''Goodyera polyphylla'' Ormerod (2006)
*''Goodyera porphyrophylla'' Schltr. (1921)
*''Goodyera procera'' (Ker Gawl.) Hook. (1823)
*''Goodyera pubescens'' (Willd.) R.Br. (1813)
*''Goodyera purpusii'' Ormerod (2006)
*''Goodyera pusilla'' Blume (1858)
*''Goodyera ramosii'' Ames (1913 publ. 1914)
*''Goodyera recurva'' Lindl. (1857)
*''Goodyera repens'' (L.) R.Br. (1813)
*''Goodyera reticulata'' (Blume) Blume (1858)
*''Goodyera rhombodoides'' Aver (2007)
*''Goodyera robusta'' Hook.f. (1890)
*''Goodyera rosea'' (H.Perrier) Ormerod (2006)
*''Goodyera rostellata'' Ames & C.Schweinf. in O.Ames (1920)
*''Goodyera rostrata'' Ridl. (1908)
*''Goodyera rosulacea'' Y.N.Lee (2004)
*''Goodyera rubicunda'' (Blume) Lindl. (1839)
*''Goodyera ruttenii'' J.J.Sm. (1928)
*''Goodyera schlechtendaliana'' Rchb.f. (1850)
*''Goodyera scripta'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr. (1906)
*''Goodyera sechellarum'' (S.Moore) Ormerod (2002)
*''Goodyera seikomontana'' Yamam. (1932)
*''Goodyera similis'' Blume (1858)
*''Goodyera stelidifera'' Ormerod (2004)
*''Goodyera stenopetala'' Schltr. (1911)
*''Goodyera striata'' Rchb.f. (1845)
*''Goodyera sumbawana'' Ormerod (2005)
*''Goodyera taitensis'' Blume (1858)
*''Goodyera tesselata'' Lodd. (1824)
*''Goodyera thailandica'' Seidenf. (1969)
*''Goodyera turialbae'' Schltr. (1923)
*''Goodyera umbrosa'' David L. Jones (botanist), D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (2014)
*''Goodyera venusta'' Schltr. (1911)
*''Goodyera viridiflora'' (Blume) Blume (1858)
*''Goodyera vitiensis'' (L.O.Williams) Kores (1989)
*''Goodyera vittata'' Benth. ex Hook.f. (1890)
*''Goodyera werneri'' Schltr. (1921)
*''Goodyera wolongensis'' K.Y.Lang (1984)
*''Goodyera wuana'' Tang & F.T.Wang (1951)
*''Goodyera yamiana'' Fukuy. (1936)
*''Goodyera yunnanensis'' Schltr. (1919)
*''Goodyera zacuapanensis'' Ormerod (2006)

References

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Goodyera,
Cranichideae genera