Yoania

Summary

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

Yoania
Yoania japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Calypsoinae
Genus: Yoania
Maxim., 1873 [1]
Type species
Yoania japonica
Maxim.
Synonyms[2]
  • Yunorchis Z.J.Liu, G.Q.Zhang & M.He Li

Distribution edit

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 edit

Species recognized as of November 2020:[2]

Image Scientific name Distribution
  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 pingbianensis Z.J.Liu, G.Q.Zhang & M.He Li, 2016 Yunnan, Vietnam
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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, III, 18: 68
  2. ^ a b c "Yoania". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ^ Flora of China, v 25 p 宽距兰属 kuan ju lan shu, Yoania Maximowicz, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 18: 68. 1872.

External links edit

  •   Data related to Yoania at Wikispecies
  •   Media related to Yoania at Wikimedia Commons