Conchidium
Encyclopedia
Conchidium is a genus
of orchids. It used to be considered as a synonym
of the genus Eria
, but it has become an accepted name.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of orchids. It used to be considered as a synonym
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
of the genus Eria
Eria
Eria is a large genus of orchids with more than 500 species distributed in tropical Asia, Malaysia, Australia, Polynesia and other Pacific islands....
, but it has become an accepted name.
Species
- Conchidium articulatum (Lindl.) Rauschert (1983)
- Conchidium braccatum (Lindl.) Brieger (1981)
- Conchidium extinctorium (Lindl.) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb (2005)
- Conchidium filiforme (Wight) Rauschert (1983)
- Conchidium japonicum (Maxim.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood (2009)
- Conchidium microchilos (Dalzell) Rauschert (1983)
- Conchidium muscicola (Lindl.) Rauschert (1983)
- Conchidium nanum (A.Rich.) Brieger (1981)
- Conchidium pusillum Griff. (1851)
- Conchidium rhomboidale (Tang & F.T.Wang) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood (2009)