Yoania
Encyclopedia
Yoania is a genus
of flowering plant
s from the orchid family, Orchidaceae
.
is mainly distributed in Japan
, but Y. japonica is also found in Assam
, China
and Taiwan
and Y. prainii is found in Sikkim
and North Vietnam
.
Species brought into synonymy :
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 flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s from the orchid family, Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae
The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
.
Distribution
This genusGenus
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...
is mainly distributed in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, but Y. japonica is also found in Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
, China
China
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and Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
and Y. prainii is found in Sikkim
Sikkim
Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...
and North Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
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Species
- Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F.Maek, 1931
- Yoania flava K.Inoue & T.Yukawa, 2002
- Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873
- Yoania prainii King & Pantl.,1898
Species brought into synonymy :
- Yoania aberrans Finet, 1900 : synonym of Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl., 1833
- Yoania australis Hatch, 1963 : synonym of Danhatchia australis (Hatch) Garay & Christenson, 1995
- Yoania japonica var. amagiensis (Nakai & F.Maek.) M.Hiroe, 1971 : synonym of Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F.Maek., 1931
- Yoania japonica var. squamipes Fukuy., 1938 : synonym of Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873
- Yoania squamipes (Fukuy.) Masam. 1974 : synonym of Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873