Robiquetia

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Robiquetia
Overview of species (94)
a–b

R. aberrans – R. adelineana – R. amboinensis – R. amesiana – R. anceps – R. andamanica – R. angustifolia – R. arsoniana – R. arunachalensis – R. ascendens – R. bambusara – R. batakensis – R. bertholdii – R. bicruris – R. bifida – R. brassii – R. brevifolia – R. brevisaccata
c–g

R. callosa – R. camptocentrum – R. cerina – R. cladophylax – R. compressa – R. crassa – R. crockerensis – R. culicifera – R. dentifera – R. discolor – R. dutertei – R. eburnea – R. enigma – R. flammea – R. flexa – R. forbesii – R. gautierensis – R. glomerata – R. gracilis – R. gracilistipes
h–l

R. hamata – R. hansenii – R. honhoffii – R. ilocosnortensis – R. inflata – R. insectifera – R. intricata – R. josephiana – R. juliae – R. kawakamii – R. kusaiensis – R. ligulata – R. longipedunculata – R. luongii – R. lutea – R. lyonii
m–r

R. micramphora – R. millariae – R. minahassae – R. minimiflora – R. odobenus – R. orlovii – R. ormerodii – R. pachyphylla – R. palawensis – R. palustris – R. pantherina – R. penangiana – R. pinosukensis – R. punctata – R. reflexa – R. rosea – R. roycimatui
s–w

R. sanguinicors – R. schizogenia – R. serpentina – R. spathulata – R. sphingoides – R. steffensii – R. succisa – R. sulitiana – R. sylvestris – R. tibetica – R. tomaniensis – R. tongaensis – R. transversisaccata – R. trukensis – R. vanoverberghii – R. vaupelii – R. vietnamensis – R. virescens – R. viridirosea – R. wariana – R. wassellii – R. witteana – R. woodfordii
Name

Robiquetia Gaudich., Voy. Uranie: 426 (1829).

Type species: Robiquetia ascendens Gaudich., Voy. Uranie: 426 (1829).

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Malleola J.J.Sm. & Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 979 (1913).
Abdominea J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 14: 52 (1914).
Megalotus Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 184 (1972).
India (Orchidaceae) A.N.Rao, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 22: 701 (1998 publ. 1999).
Samarorchis Ormerod, Taiwania 53: 160 (2008).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
China
China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan.
Asia-Tropica
Indian Subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
Indo-China
Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
Malesia
Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
Papuasia
New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
Australia
Queensland.
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Caroline Islands.
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu.

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

Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1829. Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du roi, éxécuté sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820; Botanique 426.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 263 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7

Links

'eFloras 2009. Robiquetia in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Robiquetia
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Robiquetia. Accessed: 2022 Sep 14.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Robiquetia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 14. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Robiquetia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 14. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Robiquetia. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Robiquetia. Published online. Accessed: 14 Sep 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Robiquetia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Sep 2022.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Робикетия
коми: Робикетия
кырык мары: Робикети
удмурт: Робикетия
中文: 寄树兰属
中文（简体）: 寄树兰属

Robiquetia, commonly known as pouched orchids,[2] or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu),[3] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two ranks and large numbers of small, densely crowded flowers on a pendulous flowering stem. There are about eighty species found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the Western Pacific.

Description

Orchids in the genus Robiquetia are epiphytic, monopodial herbs with pendulous, fibrous, sometimes branching stems and many smooth roots. The leaves are arranged in two ranks and are thick and leathery, oblong to elliptic, with a divided, asymmetrical, tip. Many small, densely crowded flowers are arranged on a pendulous flowering stem that emerges from a leaf axil. The sepals and petals are similar to each other and the labellum has three lobes and an inflated spur on its tip.
Taxonomy and naming

The genus Robiquetia was first formally described in 1829 by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré and the description was published in his book Voyage autour du monde from a specimen collected in the Maluku Islands. The type species is Robiquetia ascendens. The name Robiquetia honours the French chemist Pierre Jean Robiquet.[1][4][5]

Species list: The following is a list of species of Robiquetia accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as of December 2018:[1]

Robiquetia aberrans (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. - Thailand to Malesia
Robiquetia adelineana P.O'Byrne - Malaysia
Robiquetia amboinensis (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. - Ambon
Robiquetia amesiana Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia anceps J.J.Sm. - Ternate
Robiquetia andamanica (N.P.Balakr. & N.Bhargava) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia angustifolia Schltr. - Sulawesi
Robiquetia arunachalensis (A.N.Rao) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia ascendens Gaudich. - Maluku
Robiquetia batakensis (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia bertholdii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Fiji, Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
Robiquetia bicruris J.J.Sm.
Robiquetia bifida (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia brassii Ormerod - New Guinea
Robiquetia brevifolia (Lindl.) Garay - Sri Lanka
Robiquetia brevisaccata (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia camptocentrum (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
Robiquetia cerina (Rchb.f.) Garay - Philippines
Robiquetia cladophylax (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia compressa (Lindl.) Schltr. - Philippines
Robiquetia crassa (Ridl.) Schltr. - Sarawak
Robiquetia crockerensis J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al. - Sarawak, Sabah
Robiquetia culicifera (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia dentifera J.J.Sm. - Seram
Robiquetia discolor (Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Garay - Philippines
Robiquetia dutertei Cootes, Naive & M.Leon
Robiquetia eburnea (W.Suarez & Cootes) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia enigma Ferreras & W.Suarez - Philippines
Robiquetia flammea (R.Boos, Cootes & W.Suarez) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia flexa (Rchb.f.) Garay - New Guinea
Robiquetia forbesii (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia gautierensis (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia glomerata (Rolfe) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia gracilis (Lindl.) Garay - India, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Robiquetia gracilistipes (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomons
Robiquetia hamata Schltr. - New Guinea
Robiquetia hansenii J.J.Sm - Mentawai
Robiquetia honhoffii (Schuit. & A.Vogel) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia inflata (Metusala & P.O'Byrne) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia insectifera (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia josephiana Manilal & C.S.Kumar - Kerala
Robiquetia juliae (P.O'Byrne) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia kawakamii (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia kusaiensis Fukuy. - Kosrae
Robiquetia ligulata (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia longipedunculata Schltr. - Sulawesi
Robiquetia lutea (Volk) Schltr. - Caroline Islands
Robiquetia lyonii (Ames) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia millariae Ormerod - Solomons
Robiquetia minahassae (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - Sulawesi
Robiquetia minimiflora (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia pachyphylla (Rchb.f.) Garay - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Robiquetia palawensis Tuyama - Palau
Robiquetia palustris (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia pantherina (Kraenzl.) Ames - Philippines
Robiquetia penangiana (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia pinosukensis J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al. - Sabah, Sarawak
Robiquetia punctata (J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia reflexa (R.Boos & Cootes) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia rosea (Lindl.) Garay - Karnataka, Sri Lanka
Robiquetia sanguinicors (P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia schizogenia (Ferreras, Cootes & R.Boos) J.M.H.Shaw
Robiquetia serpentina (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia spathulata (Blume) J.J.Sm - Hainan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Assam, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Robiquetia sphingoides (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia steffensii (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia succisa (Lindl.) Seidenf. & Garay - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh
Robiquetia sulitiana (Ormerod) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia sylvestris (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia tomaniensis J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
Robiquetia tongaensis P.J.Cribb & Ormerod - Tonga
Robiquetia transversisaccata (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.J.Wood in J.J.Wood & al. - Sabah, Sarawak
Robiquetia trukensis Tuyama - Chuuk
Robiquetia vanoverberghii Ames - Philippines
Robiquetia vaupelii (Schltr.) Ormerod & J.J.Wood - Fiji, Samoa
Robiquetia vietnamensis (Guillaumin) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia virescens Ormerod & S.S.Fernando - Sri Lanka
Robiquetia viridirosea J.J.Sm. - Buru, Seram
Robiquetia wariana (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia wassellii Dockrill - Queensland
Robiquetia witteana (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.
Robiquetia woodfordii (Rolfe) Garay - Solomons

Distribution

Orchids in the genus Robiquetia occur in China (2 species), the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Queensland, Australia (2 species, 1 endemic).
References

"Robiquetia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 444. ISBN 1877069124.
Chen, Xinqi; Wood, Jeffrey J. "Robiquetia". Flora of China. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Charles (1826). Voyage autour du monde. Paris. p. 426. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
"Robiquetia". APNI. Retrieved 1 January 2019.