Phaius

Phaius
Phaius rosellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Collabieae
Alliance:	Calanthe
Genus:	Phaius Lour.
Species
Phaius tankervilleae - nun's orchid, veiled orchid

Phaius pictus by Lewis Roberts.

Phaius is a genus of large, mostly terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae). The genus has about 20 species. These species are found in tropical Asia, into China, Japan, Australia, and west to Africa and Madagascar. The genus is abbreviated Phaius in trade journals.

Synonymy

The following genera have been included into this genus:

• Cyanorchis Thouars
• Gastorchis Thouars
• Gastrorchis Schltr.
• Hecabe Raf.
• Pachyne Salisb.
• Pesomeria Lindl.
• Tankervillae Link

List of species

• Phaius australis F.Muell., (1858).
  • Phaius australis var. australis F.Muell., (1858)
  • Phaius australis var. bernaysii (F.Muell. ex Rchb.f.) Nicholls, 1951
• Phaius baconii J.J.Wood & Shim in C.L.Chan. & al., (1994).
• Phaius bernaysii F.Muell. ex Rchb.f., (1873) (synonym of the accepted name Phaius australis var. bernaysii (F.Muell. ex Rchb.f.) Nicholls, 1951 )
• Phaius borneensis J.J.Sm., (1903).
• Phaius callosus (Blume) Lindl., 8 (1831).
• Phaius columnaris C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng, (1985).
• Phaius corymbioides Schltr., (1911).
• Phaius daenikeri Kraenzl., (1929).
• Phaius delavayi (Finet) P.J.Cribb & Perner, (2002).
• Phaius ecalcaratus J.J.Sm., (1911).
• Phaius epiphyticus Seidenf., (1985).
• Phaius flavus (Blume) Lindl., (1831).
• Phaius fragilis L.O.Williams, (1938).
• Phaius gratus Blume, (1856).
• Phaius guizhouensis G.Z.Li, (1990).
• Phaius hainanensis C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng, (1982).
• Phaius indigoferus Hassk., (1842).
• Phaius indochinensis Seidenf. & Ormerod, (1995).
• Phaius klabatensis J.J.Sm., (1926).
• Phaius labiatus J.J.Sm., (1920).
• Phaius longibracteatus (S.Moore) Frapp. ex Cordem., (1895).
• Phaius luridus Thwaites, (1861).
• Phaius lyonii Ames, (1915).
• Phaius mannii Rchb.f., (1881).
• Phaius mindorensis Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., (1907).
• Phaius mishmensis (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f., (1857).
• Phaius montanus Schltr., (1912).
• Phaius nanus Hook.f., (1890).
• Phaius occidentalis Schltr. in O.Warburg (ed.), (1903).
• Phaius pauciflorus (Blume) Blume, (1856).
  • Phaius pauciflorus var. pallidus (Ridl.) Holttum, (1947).
  • Phaius pauciflorus subsp. pauciflorus .
  • Phaius pauciflorus var. punctatus (Lindl.) J.J.Sm., (1920).
  • Phaius pauciflorus subsp. sabahensis J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al., (1993).
  • Phaius pauciflorus var. sumatranus J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. (1920).
• Phaius philippinensis N.E.Br., (1889).
• Phaius pictus T.E.Hunt, (1952).
• Phaius pulchellus Kraenzl., (1882).
  • Phaius pulchellus var. ambrensis Bosser, (1971).
  • Phaius pulchellus var. andrambovatensis Bosser, (1971).
  • Phaius pulchellus var. pulchellus .
  • Phaius pulchellus var. sandrangatensis Bosser, (1971).
• Phaius reflexipetalus J.J.Wood & Shim in C.L.Chan. & al., 1 (1994).
• Phaius robertsii F.Muell., (1883).
• Phaius sinensis Rolfe, (1913).
• Phaius stenocentron Schltr., (1911).
• Phaius subtrilobus Ames & C.Schweinf. in O.Ames, (1920).
• Phaius tahitensis Schltr., 1 (1926).
• Phaius takeoi (Hayata) H.J.Su, (1989).
• Phaius tankervilleae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume, (1856).
• Phaius tenuis Rchb.f., (1857).
• Phaius terrestris (L.) Ormerod, 4 (1994).
• Phaius tetragonus (Thouars) Rchb.f., (1855).
• Phaius tonkinensis (Aver.) Aver. (2005)
• Phaius trichoneurus Schltr., (1925).
• Phaius villosus (Thouars) Blume, (1856).
• Phaius wallichii Lindl. in N.Wallich, (1831).
• Phaius wenshanensis F.Y.Liu, (1991).