Oreorchis

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Calypsoeae
Genus: Oreorchis
Overview of species (17)

O. angustata – O. aurantiaca – O. bilamellata – O. discigera – O. erythrochrysea – O. fargesii – O. foliosa – O. indica – O. micrantha – O. nana – O. nepalensis – O. oligantha – O. parvula – O. patens – O. porphyranthes – O. sanguinea – O. yachangensis
Name

Oreorchis Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 26 (1858)

Type species: Oreorchis patens (Lindl.) Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 27 (1858)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Diplolabellum F.Maek., J. Jap. Bot. 11: 305 (1935)
Kitigorchis Maek., Wild Orchids Japan Colour: 469 (1971)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
China
China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Manchuria, Tibet.
Eastern Asia
Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Russian Far East
Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin.
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya.
Indo-China
Myanmar.

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

Lindley, J. 1858. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society 3: 26.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 105 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

'eFloras 2009. Oreorchis in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Oreorchis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Oreorchis. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oreorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oreorchis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Oreorchis. 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 Dec 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Oreorchis. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Oreorchis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22.

Vernacular names

日本語: コケイラン属
кырык мары: Ореорхис
русский: Ореорхис
中文: 唇兰属

Oreorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Asia. Species currently accepted as of June 2014:[1][2]

Oreorchis angustata L.O.Williams ex N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb - Sichuan, Yunnan
Oreorchis aurantiaca P.J.Cribb & N.Pearce - Myanmar
Oreorchis bilamellata Fukuy. - Taiwan
Oreorchis discigera W.W.Sm. - Myanmar
Oreorchis erythrochrysea Hand.-Mazz. - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
Oreorchis fargesii Finet - Fujian, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
Oreorchis foliosa (Lindl.) Lindl. - India, Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
Oreorchis itoana (F.Maek.) Perner - Honshu
Oreorchis micrantha Lindl. - Tibet, Taiwan, Assam, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar
Oreorchis nana Schltr. - Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei
Oreorchis nepalensis N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb - Nepal, Tibet
Oreorchis oligantha Schltr. - Gansu, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
Oreorchis parvula Schltr. - Sichuan, Yunnan
Oreorchis patens (Lindl.) Lindl. - Japan, Korea, Russian Far East (Kamchatka, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands), China (Gansu, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan)
Oreorchis porphyranthes Tuyama - Nepal
Oreorchis sanguinea (N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb - Bhutan