Conchidium

Conchidium is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus Eria, but it has become an accepted name. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina and the Malay Peninsula.[1][2]

Conchidium
Conchidium extinctorium
1871 illustration from
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Podochilaeae
Subtribe:
Eriinae
Genus:
Conchidium

Griff. (1851)
Type species
Conchidium pusillum
Griff. (1851)
Synonyms[1]

Alvisia Lindl.

Species
  1. Conchidium articulatum (Lindl.) Rauschert (1983)
  2. Conchidium braccatum (Lindl.) Brieger (1981)
  3. Conchidium conicum (Summerh.) Ormerod (2012)
  4. Conchidium dickasonii Ormerod (2012)
  5. Conchidium exile (Hook.f.) Ormerod (2012)
  6. Conchidium extinctorium (Lindl.) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb (2005)
  7. Conchidium filiforme (Wight) Rauschert (1983)
  8. Conchidium japonicum (Maxim.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood (2009)
  9. Conchidium lacei (Summerh.) Ormerod (2012)
  10. Conchidium microchilos (Dalzell) Rauschert (1983)
  11. Conchidium muscicola (Lindl.) Rauschert (1983)
  12. Conchidium nanum (A.Rich.) Brieger (1981)
  13. Conchidium pusillum Griff. (1851)
  14. Conchidium reticosum (Wight) Ormerod (2012)
  15. Conchidium rhomboidale (Tang & F.T.Wang) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood (2009)
  16. Conchidium spirodelum (Aver.) Ormerod (2012)
  17. Conchidium summerhayesianum (A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller) Ormerod (2012)
  18. Conchidium wildianum (Rolfe ex Downie) Ormerod (2012)
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References
  1. Conchidium Griff. in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  2. Flora of China v 25 p 346, 蛤兰属 ge lan shu, Conchidium
  • Griffith, W. (1851) Notulae ad Plantas Asiaticas 3: 321.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 550 ff. Oxford University Press.
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