Biology:Acampe
| Acampe | |
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| Acampe rigida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Vandeae |
| Subtribe: | Aeridinae |
| Genus: | Acampe Lindl. |
| Type species | |
| Acampe multiflora (syn of A. rigida) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Acampe, abbreviated as Acp in horticultural trade, is a genus of monopodial, epiphytic vandaceous species of orchids, distributed from tropical Asia from India , eastwards to China and southwards to Malaysia, and the Philippines as well as from tropical Africa, Madagascar and islands of the Indian Ocean.[2] The name Acampe was derived from the Greek word akampas, meaning "rigid", referring to the small, brittle, inflexible flowers.
Acampe produce slow-growing, medium-sized vines that form very large vegetative masses in nature. They are noted for their thick, leathery, distichous leaves. They produce fragrant small to medium-sized yellow flowers, barred with orange or red stripes, in a few to many-flowered racemose inflorescence. The brittle sepals and petals look alike. The ear-shaped, fringed, white labellum (lip) is saccate (sac-shaped) or has a spur, and has red markings at its base. The fleshy column is short and has two waxy pollinia.[3]
Due to their large size and small flowers, they are rarely cultivated.
Species
Eight species are recognized as of May 2014:[2]
- Acampe carinata (Griff.) Panigrahi - China , India , Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Acampe cephalotes Lindl. - Assam, Bangladesh
- Acampe hulae Telepova - Laos, Cambodia
- Acampe joiceyana (J.J.Sm.) Seidenf. - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Acampe ochracea (Lindl.) Hochr. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, India , Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
- Acampe pachyglossa Rchb.f. - Africa from Somalia to South Africa ; Madagascar , Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, Aldabra
- Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann - India , Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Acampe rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt - China , India , Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya, Philippines
Acampe forms a few intergeneric hybrids :
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q20813 entry
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