Hancockia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Collabieae
Genus: Hancockia
Species: H. uniflora
Name

Hancockia Rolfe, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 20 (1903)

monotypic taxon

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Chrysoglossella Hatus., Sci. Rep. Yokosuka City Mus. 13: 29 (1967)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
China
China South-Central.
Eastern Asia
Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 140 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.
Rolfe, R.A. 1903. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 36(249): 20.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Hancockia (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 2021 Nov 24.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hancockia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 24. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hancockia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Hancockia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hancockia. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Hancockia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 24.

Vernacular names

Hancockia is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). There is only one known species, Hancockia uniflora, native to eastern Asia (Japan including Ryukyu Islands, Vietnam, Yunnan, Taiwan)[1][2][3]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China v 25 p 286, 滇兰 dian lan, Hancockia uniflora Rolfe, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 20. 1903.
Hatusima, Sumihiko. 1967. Science Report of the Yokosuka City Museum 13: 29.