Neobathiea

Neobathiea
Neobathiea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Alliance: Angraecum
Genus: Neobathiea
Schltr. 1925
species

Neobathiea grandidierana
Neobathiea hirtula
Neobathiea keraudrenae
Neobathiea perrieri
Neobathiea spatulata
Synonyms

Bathiea Schltr.

Neobathiea, abbreviated as Nbth in the horticultural trade,[1] is a monophyletic genus of rare orchids (family (Orchidaceae), native to tropical moist broadleaf forests of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. The genus is named for the French botanist Henri Perrier de la Bâthie.

The species include small, monopodial epiphytes, with relatively large white, green, or green-and-white flowers with a long spur at the base of the lip.

The long-spurred Neobathiea grandidierana from Madagascar is pollinated by a long-tongued sphinginid hawkmoth Panogena lingens with the pollinaria deposited on the basal part of the proboscis of the moth.[2]

Synonyms

  • Neobathiea filicornu Schltr is a synonym of Neobathiea grandidierana (Rchb.f.) Garay
  • Neobathiea gracilis Schltr and Neobathiea sambiranoensis Schltr are synonyms of Aeranthes schlechteri Bosser.

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf
  2. ^ L. Aners Nilsson, Lars Johnsson, Lydia Ralison, Emile Randrianjohany (dec. 1987). "Angraecoid Orchids and Hawkmoths in Central Madagascar: Specialized Pollination Systems and Generalist Foragers". Biotropica (The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation) 19 (4): 310–318. doi:10.2307/2388628. JSTOR 2388628. 


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