Biology:Yoania

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Short description: Genus of orchids

Yoania
Yoania japonica 2.JPG
Yoania japonica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Calypsoinae
Genus: Yoania
Maxim., 1873 [1]
Type species
Yoania japonica
Maxim.
Synonyms[2]
  • Yunorchis Z.J.Liu, G.Q.Zhang & M.He Li

Yoania is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[2][3]

Distribution

This genus is mainly distributed in Japan , but Y. japonica is also found in Assam, China , and Taiwan and Y. prainii is found in the Himalayas and in northern Vietnam.

Species

Species recognized as of November 2020:[2]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Yoania amagiensis var. squamosa (17573306646).jpg Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F.Maek, 1931 Honshu, Kyushu
Yoania flava K.Inoue & T.Yukawa, 2002 Honshu
Yoania japonica (flower s2).JPG Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873 Assam, Fujian, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Japan
Yoania pingbianensis Z.J.Liu, G.Q.Zhang & M.He Li, 2016 Yunnan, Vietnam
Yoania prainii King & Pantl.,1898 Sikkim, Assam, northeastern India, Vietnam
Species formerly included:
  • Yoania aberrans Finet, 1900: synonym of Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl., 1833
  • Yoania australis Hatch, 1963: synonym of Danhatchia australis (Hatch) Garay & Christenson, 1995

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1318629 entry