Yoania

Yoania is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[2][3]

Yoania
Yoania japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Calypsoeae
Genus: Yoania
Maxim., 1873 [1]

Distribution

This genus is mainly distributed in Japan, but Y. japonica is also found in Assam, China and Taiwan and Y. prainii is found in the Himalayas and in northern Vietnam

Species

Species recognized as of June 2014:[2]

  • Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F.Maek, 1931 - Honshu, Kyushu
  • Yoania flava K.Inoue & T.Yukawa, 2002 - Honshu
  • Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873 - Assam, Fujian, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Japan
  • Yoania prainii King & Pantl.,1898 - Sikkim, Assam, northeastern India, Vietnam
Species formerly included
  • Yoania aberrans Finet, 1900 : synonym of Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl., 1833
  • Yoania australis Hatch, 1963 : synonym of Danhatchia australis (Hatch) Garay & Christenson, 1995

See also

  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References


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