''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in
horticultural
Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...
trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid,
is a
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
in the
orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
family
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(Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by
William Jackson Hooker
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he ...
in 1824 and is the
type genus of the
subtribe
Subtribe is a taxonomic category ranking which is below the rank of tribe and above genus. The standard suffix for a subtribe is -ina (in animals) or -inae (in plants
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plant ...
Polystachyinae
Polystachyinae is a subtribe within the tribe Vandeae in family Orchidaceae. It consists of 2 genera and about 228 known species. The type genus of this subtribe is ''Polystachya''. The group is pantropical, being native to tropical Africa prim ...
. It contains about 100
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
widespread across many of the tropical areas of the world.
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Species
''Polystachya'' species accepted by the Plants of the World Online
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as of February 2021:Polystachya alpina
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
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*''Polystachya anastacialynae
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
''
*'' Polystachya anceps''
*'' Polystachya angularis''
*'' Polystachya anthoceros''
*'' Polystachya armeniaca''
*'' Polystachya asper''
*'' Polystachya aurantiaca''
*'' Polystachya bamendae''
*'' Polystachya bancoensis''
*'' Polystachya batkoi''
*'' Polystachya bella''
*'' Polystachya bennettiana''
*'' Polystachya bequaertii''
*'' Polystachya bicalcarata''
*'' Polystachya bicarinata''
*'' Polystachya bifida''
*'' Polystachya bipoda''
*'' Polystachya biteaui''
*'' Polystachya boliviensis''
*'' Polystachya brassii''
*''Polystachya bruechertiae
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
''
*'' Polystachya brugeana''
*'' Polystachya caduca''
*'' Polystachya caespitifica''
*'' Polystachya caespitosa''
*'' Polystachya calluniflora''
*'' Polystachya caloglossa''
*'' Polystachya camaridioides''
*''Polystachya campyloglossa
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (biology), family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hoo ...
''
*'' Polystachya canaliculata''
*'' Polystachya candida''
*'' Polystachya carnosa''
*'' Polystachya caudata''
*'' Polystachya cerea''
*'' Polystachya cingulata''
*'' Polystachya clareae''
*'' Polystachya clavata''
*'' Polystachya concreta''
*'' Polystachya confusa''
*'' Polystachya cooperi''
*'' Polystachya coriscensis''
*'' Polystachya cornigera''
*''Polystachya cribbiana
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
''
*'' Polystachya cultriformis''
*''Polystachya dalzielii
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
''
*'' Polystachya danieliana''
*''Polystachya dendrobiiflora
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (biology), family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hoo ...
''
*'' Polystachya dewanckeliana''
*'' Polystachya disiformis''
*'' Polystachya disticha''
*'' Polystachya doggettii''
*'' Polystachya dolichophylla''
*'' Polystachya editae''
*'' Polystachya elastica''
*'' Polystachya elatior''
*'' Polystachya elegans''
*'' Polystachya engongensis''
*'' Polystachya epiphytica''
*'' Polystachya erica-lanzae''
*'' Polystachya erythrocephala''
*'' Polystachya eurychila''
*'' Polystachya eurygnatha''
*'' Polystachya expansa''
*'' Polystachya fabriana''
*'' Polystachya fallax''
*'' Polystachya fischeri''
*'' Polystachya foliosa''
*'' Polystachya fractiflexa''
*'' Polystachya fulvilabia''
*'' Polystachya fusiformis''
*'' Polystachya galeata''
*'' Polystachya geniculata''
*'' Polystachya geraensis''
*'' Polystachya goetzeana''
*'' Polystachya golungensis''
*'' Polystachya gracilenta''
*'' Polystachya greatrexii''
*'' Polystachya haroldiana''
*'' Polystachya hastata''
*'' Polystachya heckeliana''
*''Polystachya heckmanniana
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (biology), family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hoo ...
''
*'' Polystachya henrici''
*'' Polystachya hoehneana''
*'' Polystachya holmesiana''
*'' Polystachya hologlossa''
*'' Polystachya holstii''
*'' Polystachya humbertii''
*'' Polystachya isabelae''
*'' Polystachya isochiloides''
*'' Polystachya johnstonii''
*'' Polystachya jubaultii''
*'' Polystachya kaluluensis''
*'' Polystachya kermesina''
*'' Polystachya kingii''
*'' Polystachya kornasiana''
*'' Polystachya kubalae''
*'' Polystachya kupensis''
*'' Polystachya lacroixiana''
*'' Polystachya laurentii''
*'' Polystachya lawalreeana''
*'' Polystachya lawrenceana''
*'' Polystachya laxa''
*''Polystachya laxiflora
''Polystachya laxiflora'' is a species of orchid native to western and west-central tropical Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7& ...
''
*'' Polystachya lejolyana''
*'' Polystachya leonardiana''
*'' Polystachya leonensis''
*'' Polystachya letouzeyana''
*'' Polystachya leucosepala''
*'' Polystachya ligulifolia''
*'' Polystachya lindblomii''
*'' Polystachya lineata''
*'' Polystachya longiscapa''
*''Polystachya lukwangulensis
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
''
*'' Polystachya macropoda''
*'' Polystachya maculata''
*'' Polystachya mafingensis''
*'' Polystachya magnibracteata''
*'' Polystachya malilaensis''
*'' Polystachya masayensis''
*'' Polystachya mazumbaiensis''
*'' Polystachya melanantha''
*''Polystachya melliodora
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and ...
''
*'' Polystachya meyeri''
*'' Polystachya microbambusa''
*'' Polystachya mildbraedii''
*'' Polystachya minima''
*'' Polystachya modesta''
*'' Polystachya moniquetiana''
*'' Polystachya monolenis''
*'' Polystachya monophylla''
*'' Polystachya moreauae''
*'' Polystachya mukandaensis''
*'' Polystachya mystacioides''
*'' Polystachya mzuzuensis''
*'' Polystachya × nebulicola''
*'' Polystachya neobenthamia''
*'' Polystachya ngomensis''
*'' Polystachya nyanzensis''
*'' Polystachya obanensis''
*'' Polystachya oblanceolata''
*'' Polystachya odorata''
*'' Polystachya oreocharis''
*'' Polystachya orophila''
*'' Polystachya ottoniana''
*'' Polystachya pachychila''
*'' Polystachya pamelae''
*'' Polystachya paniculata''
*'' Polystachya parva''
*'' Polystachya parviflora''
*'' Polystachya paulensis''
*'' Polystachya pergibbosa''
*'' Polystachya perrieri''
*'' Polystachya piersii''
*'' Polystachya pinicola''
*'' Polystachya pobeguinii''
*'' Polystachya pocsii''
*'' Polystachya poikilantha''
*'' Polystachya polychaete''
*'' Polystachya porphyrochila''
*'' Polystachya praecipitis''
*'' Polystachya principia''
*'' Polystachya proterantha''
*'' Polystachya pseudodisa''
*'' Polystachya puberula''
*'' Polystachya pubescens''
*'' Polystachya pudorina''
*'' Polystachya purpureobracteata''
*'' Polystachya pyramidalis''
*'' Polystachya ramulosa''
*'' Polystachya reflexa''
*'' Polystachya reticulata''
*'' Polystachya retusiloba''
*''Polystachya rhodochila
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (biology), family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hoo ...
''
*'' Polystachya rhodoptera''
*'' Polystachya riomuniensis''
*'' Polystachya rivae''
*'' Polystachya rolfeana''
*'' Polystachya rosea''
*'' Polystachya rosellata''
*'' Polystachya rugosilabia''
*'' Polystachya ruwenzoriensis''
*'' Polystachya rydingii''
*'' Polystachya saccata''
*'' Polystachya samilae''
*'' Polystachya sandersonii''
*'' Polystachya seidenfadeniana''
*'' Polystachya serpentina''
*'' Polystachya seticaulis''
*'' Polystachya setifera''
*'' Polystachya shega''
*'' Polystachya simplex''
*'' Polystachya songaniensis''
*'' Polystachya sosefii''
*'' Polystachya spatella''
*'' Polystachya stauroglossa''
*'' Polystachya stenophylla''
*'' Polystachya steudneri''
*'' Polystachya stewartiana''
*'' Polystachya stodolnyi''
*'' Polystachya stuhlmannii''
*'' Polystachya suaveolens''
*'' Polystachya subdiphylla''
*'' Polystachya subulata''
*'' Polystachya subumbellata''
*'' Polystachya superposita''
*'' Polystachya supfiana''
*'' Polystachya teitensis''
*'' Polystachya tenella''
*'' Polystachya tenuissima''
*'' Polystachya testuana''
*'' Polystachya thomensis''
*''Polystachya transvaalensis
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and ...
''
*'' Polystachya tridentata''
*'' Polystachya troupiniana''
*'' Polystachya tsaratananae''
*''Polystachya tsinjoarivensis
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
''
*'' Polystachya uluguruensis''
*'' Polystachya undulata''
*'' Polystachya vaginata''
*'' Polystachya valentina''
*'' Polystachya victoriae''
*'' Polystachya villosa''
*'' Polystachya virescens''
*''Polystachya virginea
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
''
*'' Polystachya vulcanica''
*'' Polystachya walravensiana''
*'' Polystachya waterlotii''
*'' Polystachya wightii''
*'' Polystachya winigeri''
*'' Polystachya woosnamii''
*'' Polystachya xerophila''
*''Polystachya zambesiaca
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
''
*''Polystachya zuluensis
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ...
''
References
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Vandeae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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