Coelogyne Lindl., Collect. Bot. (1821) sub t. 33 ('Caelogyne')
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Coelogyninae
Synonyms: Hologyne Pfitzer , Ptychogyne Pfitzer
A genus of c. 190 species; c. 133 species in Malesia.
Distribution: Sri Lanka, tropical Asia, Malesia, east to Samoa (not in Australia)
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a synopsis. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. Gravendeel, B. 2000. Reorganising
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morphology and molecules. Thesis, Universiteit Leiden. Gravendeel, B. and
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of Coelogyne section Speciosae (Orchidaceae). Blumea 44: 253 -
320. Gravendeel, B. and
E.F. de Vogel. 2002. Revision
of Coelogyne section Moniliformes based on morphology, plastid and
nrDNA its sequences. Blumea 47: 409 – 462. Gravendeel, B., M.W. Chase,
E.F. de Vogel, M.C. Roos, T.H.M. Mes, and K. Bachmann. 2001. Molecular
phylogeny of Coelogyne based on plastid RFLPS, MATK, and nuclear
ribosomal ITS sequences: evidence of polyphyly. Am. J. Bot. 88: 1915 – 1927. Pelser, P.B., B. Gravendeel,
and E.F. de Vogel. 2000. Revision of Coelogyne
Section Fuliginosae. Blumea 45: 253 – 273. Seidenfaden, G. 1975. Orchid
Genera in Thailand III. Coelogyne
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E.F. de Vogel. 2000. Revision of Coelogyne
section Verrucosae: a new sectional delimitation based on morphological
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275 – 318. |
The following sections of Coelogyne have been recorded from Malesia:
Bicellae, Coelogyne, Cyathogyne, Elatae, Flaccidae, Fuliginosae, Hologyne, Lentiginosae,
Longifoliae, Moniliformes, Ptychogyne, Rigidiformes,
Speciosae, Tomentosae, Veitchiae,
Verrucosae
Coelogyne sanderiana Rchb.f. (section Coelogyne), in situ, Borneo, Sarawak |
Coelogyne endertii J.J.Sm. (section Longifoliae), drawing by J.J. Smith |
Coelogyne plicatissima Ames & C.Schweinf. (section Rigidiformes), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak |
Coelogyne veitchii Rolfe (section Veitchiae), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea |
Last updated: 10 August 2007 by André Schuiteman