''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a

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 ...

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 ...

s from the orchid

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Orchidaceae 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 ...

. Plants in this genus are

epiphyte An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...

s with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two ranks and large numbers of small, densely crowded flowers on a pendulous flowering stem. There are about eighty species found from

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

and

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ...

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

to the Western Pacific.

Description

Orchids in the genus ''Robiquetia'' are epiphytic,

monopodial Vascular plants with monopodial growth habits grow upward from a single point. They add leaves to the apex each year and the stem grows longer accordingly. The word ''Monopodial'' is derived from Greek "mono-", ''one'' and "podial", "foot", in refe ...

herbs In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...

with pendulous, fibrous, sometimes branching stems and many smooth roots. The leaves are arranged in two ranks and are thick and leathery, oblong to elliptic, with a divided, asymmetrical, tip. Many small, densely crowded flowers are arranged on a pendulous flowering stem that emerges from a leaf

axil A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...

. The

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...

s and

petal Petals are modified Leaf, leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often advertising coloration, brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''c ...

s are similar to each other and the labellum has three lobes and an inflated spur on its tip.

Taxonomy and naming

The genus ''Robiquetia'' was first formally described in 1829 by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré and the description was published in his book ''

Voyage autour du monde Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (, , ; 12 November 1729 – August 1811) was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in the Seven Years' War in North America and the American Revolution ...

'' from a specimen collected in the

Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located eas ...

. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

is ''

Robiquetia ascendens ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

''. The name ''Robiquetia'' honours the French chemist Pierre Jean Robiquet. Species list: The following is a list of species of ''Robiquetia'' accepted by the

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (usually abbreviated to WCSP) is an "international collaborative programme that provides the latest peer reviewed and published opinions on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected plan ...

as of December 2018: *''

Robiquetia aberrans ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. - Thailand to Malesia * ''

Robiquetia adelineana ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' P.O'Byrne - Malaysia * ''

Robiquetia amboinensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. - Ambon * '' Robiquetia amesiana'' Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia anceps'' J.J.Sm. - Ternate * '' Robiquetia andamanica'' (N.P.Balakr. & N.Bhargava) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia angustifolia'' Schltr. - Sulawesi * '' Robiquetia arunachalensis'' (A.N.Rao) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

'' Gaudich. - Maluku * '' Robiquetia batakensis'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia bertholdii'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Fiji, Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu * '' Robiquetia bicruris'' J.J.Sm. * '' Robiquetia bifida'' (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia brassii'' Ormerod - New Guinea * '' Robiquetia brevifolia'' (Lindl.) Garay - Sri Lanka * '' Robiquetia brevisaccata'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia camptocentrum'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - New Guinea * ''

Robiquetia cerina ''Robiquetia cerina'' is a species of orchid endemic to the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ...

'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - Philippines * '' Robiquetia cladophylax'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia compressa'' (Lindl.) Schltr. - Philippines * '' Robiquetia crassa'' (Ridl.) Schltr. - Sarawak * '' Robiquetia crockerensis'' J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al. - Sarawak, Sabah * '' Robiquetia culicifera'' (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia dentifera'' J.J.Sm. - Seram * '' Robiquetia discolor'' (Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Garay - Philippines * '' Robiquetia dutertei'' Cootes, Naive & M.Leon * '' Robiquetia eburnea'' (W.Suarez & Cootes) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia enigma'' Ferreras & W.Suarez - Philippines * '' Robiquetia flammea'' (R.Boos, Cootes & W.Suarez) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia flexa'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - New Guinea * '' Robiquetia forbesii'' (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia gautierensis'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia glomerata'' (Rolfe) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia gracilis'' (Lindl.) Garay - India, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands * '' Robiquetia gracilistipes'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomons * '' Robiquetia hamata'' Schltr. - New Guinea * '' Robiquetia hansenii'' J.J.Sm - Mentawai * '' Robiquetia honhoffii'' (Schuit. & A.Vogel) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia inflata'' (Metusala & P.O'Byrne) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia insectifera'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia josephiana'' Manilal & C.S.Kumar - Kerala * '' Robiquetia juliae'' (P.O'Byrne) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia kawakamii'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia kusaiensis'' Fukuy. - Kosrae * '' Robiquetia ligulata'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia longipedunculata'' Schltr. - Sulawesi * '' Robiquetia lutea'' (Volk) Schltr. - Caroline Islands * '' Robiquetia lyonii'' (Ames) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia millariae'' Ormerod - Solomons * '' Robiquetia minahassae'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - Sulawesi * '' Robiquetia minimiflora'' (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia pachyphylla'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam * '' Robiquetia palawensis'' Tuyama - Palau * ''

Robiquetia palustris ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia pantherina'' (Kraenzl.) Ames - Philippines * ''

Robiquetia penangiana ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia pinosukensis'' J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al. - Sabah, Sarawak * '' Robiquetia punctata'' (J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia reflexa'' (R.Boos & Cootes) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia rosea'' (Lindl.) Garay - Karnataka, Sri Lanka * '' Robiquetia sanguinicors'' (P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia schizogenia ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (Ferreras, Cootes & R.Boos) J.M.H.Shaw * '' Robiquetia serpentina'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia spathulata'' (Blume) J.J.Sm - Hainan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Assam, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam * ''

Robiquetia sphingoides ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid Family (biology), family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia steffensii'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia succisa'' (Lindl.) Seidenf. & Garay - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh * '' Robiquetia sulitiana'' (Ormerod) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia sylvestris'' (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia tomaniensis'' J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah * '' Robiquetia tongaensis'' P.J.Cribb & Ormerod - Tonga * '' Robiquetia transversisaccata'' (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.J.Wood in J.J.Wood & al. - Sabah, Sarawak * '' Robiquetia trukensis'' Tuyama - Chuuk * '' Robiquetia vanoverberghii'' Ames - Philippines * '' Robiquetia vaupelii'' (Schltr.) Ormerod & J.J.Wood - Fiji, Samoa * '' Robiquetia vietnamensis'' (Guillaumin) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia virescens'' Ormerod & S.S.Fernando - Sri Lanka * '' Robiquetia viridirosea'' J.J.Sm. - Buru, Seram * '' Robiquetia wariana'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia wassellii'' Dockrill - Queensland * '' Robiquetia witteana'' (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia woodfordii'' (Rolfe) Garay - Solomons

Distribution

Orchids in the genus ''Robiquetia'' occur in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

(2 species), the

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

, the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

and

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia (2 species, 1

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1955317 Vandeae genera