Porpax (plant)

Porpax is a genus of epiphytic orchids native to southern and southeastern Asia from India to Yunnan to Borneo. As of March 2021, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:[2]

  • Porpax albiflora (Rolfe) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax angustifolia (Mansf.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax articulata (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax atrorubra (Mansf.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax borneensis J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb
  • Porpax braccata (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax bulbophylloides (C.Schweinf.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax capuccinorum Aver.
  • Porpax christopheri (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax compacta (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax conica (Summerh.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax cupuligera (Kraenzl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax dickasonii (Ormerod) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax elaidium (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax elwesii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
  • Porpax exilis (Hook.f.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax extinctoria (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax fibuliformis (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl.
  • Porpax filiformis (Wight) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax gigantea Deori
  • Porpax grandiflora Seidenf.
  • Porpax heiligenthalii (Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel & Delep.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax jerdoniana (Wight) Rolfe
  • Porpax kalkhof-roseae (Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel & Delep.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax karikouyensis (Schltr.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax lacei (Summerh.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax lanii Seidenf.
  • Porpax laosensis Aver.
  • Porpax lasiorhiza (Schltr.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax leedalii (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax macrantha Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax meirax (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) King & Pantl.
  • Porpax microchilos (Dalzell) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax moniliformis (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax muscicola (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax nana (A.Rich.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax nyassana (Schltr.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax oligantha (Mansf.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax parishii (Lindl. & Rchb.f.) Rolfe
  • Porpax peperomioides (Kraenzl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax pusilla (Griff.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax repens (Rolfe) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax reticulata Lindl.
  • Porpax scaposa Seidenf.
  • Porpax seidenfadenii A.N.Rao
  • Porpax sikkimensis (Bajrach. & K.K.Shrestha) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax spirodela (Aver.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax summerhayesiana (A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax thaithongiae Suddee, Promm. & Watthana
  • Porpax ustulata (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rolfe
  • Porpax verrucosa Schuit.
  • Porpax viridis (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Porpax williamsonii (P.J.Cribb) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen

Porpax
Porpax meirax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Subtribe: Eriinae
Genus: Porpax
Lindl. 1845, not Salisb. 1866[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aggeianthus Wight
  • Alvisia Lindl.
  • Conchidium Griff.
  • Lichenora Wight
  • Stolzia Schltr.
Porpax reticulata

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Porpax
  2. "Porpax Lindl.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-03-21
  • Media related to Porpax at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Porpax at Wikispecies


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