Zeuxine
Encyclopedia
Zeuxine is a large genus of about 80 orchids
belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae
. The members are mostly found to grow in wet grasslands. In India it is represented by 11 species (Hooker, 1894)
orchids dependent on symbiotic
mycorrhiza
. They usually go through a period of dormancy
after flowering. The flower
s have two deeply divided granular pollina and two stima.
in the southern United States since its introduction in the 1930s. Plants are found in woodlands and grasslands.
belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae
. The members are mostly found to grow in wet grasslands. In India it is represented by 11 species (Hooker, 1894)
orchids dependent on symbiotic
mycorrhiza
. They usually go through a period of dormancy
after flowering. The flower
s have two deeply divided granular pollina and two stima.
in the southern United States since its introduction in the 1930s. Plants are found in woodlands and grasslands.
belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae
. The members are mostly found to grow in wet grasslands. In India it is represented by 11 species (Hooker, 1894)
orchids dependent on symbiotic
mycorrhiza
. They usually go through a period of dormancy
after flowering. The flower
s have two deeply divided granular pollina and two stima.
in the southern United States since its introduction in the 1930s. Plants are found in woodlands and grasslands.
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,...
belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae
Orchidoideae
The Orchidoideae, or the orchidoid orchids, are a subfamily of the orchid family .They typically contain the orchids with a single , fertile anther which is erect and basitonic....
. The members are mostly found to grow in wet grasslands. In India it is represented by 11 species (Hooker, 1894)
Description
Zeuxine species are terrestrialTerrestrial plant
A terrestrial plant is one that grows on land. Other types of plants are aquatic , epiphytic , lithophytes and aerial ....
orchids dependent on symbiotic
Symbiosis
Symbiosis is close and often long-term interaction between different biological species. In 1877 Bennett used the word symbiosis to describe the mutualistic relationship in lichens...
mycorrhiza
Mycorrhiza
A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant....
. They usually go through a period of dormancy
Dormancy
Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and physical activity are temporarily stopped. This minimizes metabolic activity and therefore helps an organism to conserve energy. Dormancy tends to be closely associated with environmental conditions...
after flowering. The flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
s have two deeply divided granular pollina and two stima.
Distribution
The orchids are mainly found in Asia, with some in Africa and at least two in Australia. Z. strateumatica has become naturalisedNaturalisation (biology)
In biology, naturalisation is any process by which a non-native organism spreads into the wild and its reproduction is sufficient to maintain its population. Such populations are said to be naturalised....
in the southern United States since its introduction in the 1930s. Plants are found in woodlands and grasslands.
Species
Zeuxine is a large genus of about 80 orchidsOrchidaceae
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,...
belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae
Orchidoideae
The Orchidoideae, or the orchidoid orchids, are a subfamily of the orchid family .They typically contain the orchids with a single , fertile anther which is erect and basitonic....
. The members are mostly found to grow in wet grasslands. In India it is represented by 11 species (Hooker, 1894)
Description
Zeuxine species are terrestrialTerrestrial plant
A terrestrial plant is one that grows on land. Other types of plants are aquatic , epiphytic , lithophytes and aerial ....
orchids dependent on symbiotic
Symbiosis
Symbiosis is close and often long-term interaction between different biological species. In 1877 Bennett used the word symbiosis to describe the mutualistic relationship in lichens...
mycorrhiza
Mycorrhiza
A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant....
. They usually go through a period of dormancy
Dormancy
Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and physical activity are temporarily stopped. This minimizes metabolic activity and therefore helps an organism to conserve energy. Dormancy tends to be closely associated with environmental conditions...
after flowering. The flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
s have two deeply divided granular pollina and two stima.
Distribution
The orchids are mainly found in Asia, with some in Africa and at least two in Australia. Z. strateumatica has become naturalisedNaturalisation (biology)
In biology, naturalisation is any process by which a non-native organism spreads into the wild and its reproduction is sufficient to maintain its population. Such populations are said to be naturalised....
in the southern United States since its introduction in the 1930s. Plants are found in woodlands and grasslands.
Species
Zeuxine is a large genus of about 80 orchidsOrchidaceae
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,...
belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae
Orchidoideae
The Orchidoideae, or the orchidoid orchids, are a subfamily of the orchid family .They typically contain the orchids with a single , fertile anther which is erect and basitonic....
. The members are mostly found to grow in wet grasslands. In India it is represented by 11 species (Hooker, 1894)
Description
Zeuxine species are terrestrialTerrestrial plant
A terrestrial plant is one that grows on land. Other types of plants are aquatic , epiphytic , lithophytes and aerial ....
orchids dependent on symbiotic
Symbiosis
Symbiosis is close and often long-term interaction between different biological species. In 1877 Bennett used the word symbiosis to describe the mutualistic relationship in lichens...
mycorrhiza
Mycorrhiza
A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant....
. They usually go through a period of dormancy
Dormancy
Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and physical activity are temporarily stopped. This minimizes metabolic activity and therefore helps an organism to conserve energy. Dormancy tends to be closely associated with environmental conditions...
after flowering. The flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
s have two deeply divided granular pollina and two stima.
Distribution
The orchids are mainly found in Asia, with some in Africa and at least two in Australia. Z. strateumatica has become naturalisedNaturalisation (biology)
In biology, naturalisation is any process by which a non-native organism spreads into the wild and its reproduction is sufficient to maintain its population. Such populations are said to be naturalised....
in the southern United States since its introduction in the 1930s. Plants are found in woodlands and grasslands.
Species
- Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f., 1890.
- Zeuxine africana Rchb.f., 1867.
- Zeuxine agyokuana Fukuy.,1934.
- Zeuxine amboinensis (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm., 1904.
- Zeuxine andamanica King & Pantl., 1897.
- Zeuxine assamica I.Barua & K.Barua, 1997.
- Zeuxine ballii P.J.Cribb, 1977.
- Zeuxine bidupensis Aver., 2006.
- Zeuxine bifalcifera J.J.Sm., 1928.
- Zeuxine blatteri C.E.C.Fisch., 1928.
- Zeuxine bougainvilleana Ormerod, 2002.
- Zeuxine clandestina Blume, 1858.
- Zeuxine cordata (Lindl.) Ormerod, 2002.
- Zeuxine curvata Schltr.,1922.
- Zeuxine debrajiana Sud.Chowdhury, 1996.
- Zeuxine dhanikariana Maina, Lalitha & Sreek., 2001.
- Zeuxine diversifolia Ormerod, 2002.
- Zeuxine elatior Schltr., 1911.
- Zeuxine elmeri (Ames) Ames, 1938.
- Zeuxine elongata Rolfe, 1891.
- Zeuxine erimae Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, 1905.
- Zeuxine exilisZeuxine exilisZeuxine exilis, commonly known as Ridley’s Ground Orchid or Ridley’s Jewel Orchid, is a terrestrial orchid belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae...
Ridl., 1906. - Zeuxine flava (Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen, 1885.
- Zeuxine fritzii Schltr., 1915.
- Zeuxine gengmanensis (K.Y.Lang) Ormerod, 2002.
- Zeuxine gilgiana Kraenzl. & Schltr. 1906.
- Zeuxine glandulosa King & Pantl., 1898.
- Zeuxine godefroyi Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 34 (1878.
- Zeuxine goodyeroides Lindl., 1840.
- Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume, 1858.
- Zeuxine grandis Seidenf., 1978.
- Zeuxine hahensis J.J.Sm., 1927.
- Zeuxine integrilabella C.S.Leou, 1994.
- Zeuxine kantokeiensis Tatew. & Masam.,1932.
- Zeuxine kutaiensis J.J.Sm., 1931.
- Zeuxine lancifolia (Ames) Ormerod, 1998.
- Zeuxine leucoptera Schltr., 1911.
- Zeuxine leytensis (Ames) Ames, 1938.
- Zeuxine lindleyana T.Cooke, 1988.
- Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Trimen, 1885.
- Zeuxine lunulata P.J.Cribb & J.Bowden, 1979.
- Zeuxine macrorhyncha Schltr., 1921.
- Zeuxine madagascariensis Schltr., 1913.
- Zeuxine marivelensis (Ames) Ames, 1938.
- Zeuxine membranacea Lindl., 1840.
- Zeuxine mindanaensis (Ames) Ormerod,2004.
- Zeuxine montana Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, 1905.
- Zeuxine nervosa (Wall. ex Lindl.) Benth. ex Trimen, 1885.
- Zeuxine niijimai Tatew. & Masam., 1932.
- Zeuxine oblongaZeuxine oblongaZeuxine oblonga is a deciduous terrestrial orchid belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae. It is found in northern Australia.-Description:...
R.S.Rogers & C.T.White, 1920. - Zeuxine odorata Fukuy., 1936.
- Zeuxine ovata (Gaudich.) Garay & W.Kittr., 1985.
- Zeuxine palawensis Tuyama, 1939.
- Zeuxine palustris Ridl.,1910.
- Zeuxine pantlingii Av.Bhattacharjee & H.J.Chowdhery, 2006.
- Zeuxine papillosa Carr, 1935.
- Zeuxine parvifolia (Ridl.) Seidenf., 1978.
- Zeuxine petakensis J.J.Sm., 1931.
- Zeuxine philippinensis (Ames) Ames, 1938.
- Zeuxine plantaginea (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake, 1892.
- Zeuxine polygonoidesZeuxine polygonoidesZeuxine polygonoides is a terrestrial orchid belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae. It is found in New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and in north-east Queensland, Australia.-Description:...
(F.Muell.) P.J.Cribb. - Zeuxine pulchra King & Pantl., 1896.
- Zeuxine purpurascens Blume, 1858.
- Zeuxine reflexa King & Pantl., 1898.
- Zeuxine regia (Lindl.) Trimen, 1885.
- Zeuxine reginasilvae Ormerod, 2005.
- Zeuxine rolfiana King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1897.
- Zeuxine rupestris Ridl., 1870.
- Zeuxine sakagutii Tuyama, 1936.
- Zeuxine samoensis Schltr., B1906.
- Zeuxine seidenfadenii Deva & H.B.Naithani, 1986.
- Zeuxine stammleri Schltr., 1906.
- Zeuxine stenophylla (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake, 1892.
- Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schltr., 1911.
- Zeuxine tenuifolia Tuyama, 1936.
- Zeuxine tjiampeana J.J.Sm., 1910.
- Zeuxine triangula J.J.Sm.,1928.
- Zeuxine violascens Ridl., 1907.
- Zeuxine viridiflora (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1906.
- Zeuxine viridiflora var. latifolia J.J.Sm., 1926.
- Zeuxine viridiflora var. viridiflora.
- Zeuxine weberi (Ames) Ames, 1938.
- Zeuxine wenzelii (Ames) Ormerod, 2004.
