Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus is a subgenus of the genus Phalaenopsis.
Description
Vegetative characteristics The species are epiphytic, monopodial herbs. Generative characteristics The labellum is spurred. The flowers have four pollinia.Li, M. H., Zhang, G. Q., Liu, Z. J., & Lan, S. R. (2014). Revision of Hygrochilus (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Aeridinae) and a molecular phylogenetic analysis. Phytotaxa, 159(4), 256-268.
Taxonomy Publication It was first published as Hygrochilus by Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer in 1897Hygrochilus Pfitzer. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved November 30, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/29720-1 with Hygrochilus parishii as the type species.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-b). Hygrochilus Pfitzer. Tropicos. Retrieved November 30, 2024, from https://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/40029174 It was later integrated into the genus Phalaenopsis on the subgeneric level as Phalaenopsis subg. Hygrochilus published by Alexander Kocyan and André Schuiteman in 2014.Phalaenopsis subgen. Hygrochilus (Pfitzer) Kocyan & Schuit. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved November 30, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77138161-1Kocyan, A., & Schuiteman, A. (2014). New combinations in Aeridinae (Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa, 161(1), 61-85. Species It consists of the following species:
Phalaenopsis hygrochila J.M.H.Shaw Phalaenopsis japonica (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.Schuiteman, A. (2014) Phalaenopsis: the limits of a genus. Phalaenopsis marriottiana (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. Phalaenopsis subparishii (Z.H.Tsi) Kocyan & Schuit. Phalaenopsis tsii (M.H.Li, Z.J.Liu & S.R.Lan) Hua Deng, Z.J.Liu & Yan WangLi, M. H., Gruss, O., & Liu, Z. J. (2016). Nomenclature changes in Phalaenopsis subgen. Hygrochilus (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae; Vandeae) based on DNA evidence. Phytotaxa, 275(1), 55-61.
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