Zeuxine

Zeuxine
Zeuxine strateumatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Goodyerinae
Genus:	Zeuxine Lindl. (1826)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Adenostylis Blume 1825 Haplochilus Endl. 1841 Heterozeuxine T. Hashim. 1986 Monochilus Wall. ex Lindl. 1840 Strateuma Raf. 1836[1837] Tripleura Lindl. 1833

Zeuxine is a large genus of about 80 orchids belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae. The members are mostly found to grow in wet grasslands. In India it is represented by 11 species (Hooker, 1894)

Description

Zeuxine species are terrestrial orchids dependent on symbiotic mycorrhiza. They usually go through a period of dormancy after flowering. The flowers have two deeply divided granular pollina and two stima.

Distribution

The orchids are mainly found in Asia, with some in Africa and at least two in Australia. Z. strateumatica has become naturalised in the southern United States since its introduction in the 1930s. Plants are found in woodlands and grasslands.

Species

• Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f., 1890.
• Zeuxine africana Rchb.f., 1867.
• Zeuxine agyokuana Fukuy.,1934.
• Zeuxine amboinensis (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm., 1904.
• Zeuxine andamanica King & Pantl., 1897.
• Zeuxine assamica I.Barua & K.Barua, 1997.
• Zeuxine ballii P.J.Cribb, 1977.
• Zeuxine bidupensis Aver., 2006.
• Zeuxine bifalcifera J.J.Sm., 1928.
• Zeuxine blatteri C.E.C.Fisch., 1928.
• Zeuxine bougainvilleana Ormerod, 2002.
• Zeuxine clandestina Blume, 1858.
• Zeuxine cordata (Lindl.) Ormerod, 2002.
• Zeuxine curvata Schltr.,1922.
• Zeuxine debrajiana Sud.Chowdhury, 1996.
• Zeuxine dhanikariana Maina, Lalitha & Sreek., 2001.
• Zeuxine diversifolia Ormerod, 2002.
• Zeuxine elatior Schltr., 1911.
• Zeuxine elmeri (Ames) Ames, 1938.
• Zeuxine elongata Rolfe, 1891.
• Zeuxine erimae Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, 1905.
• Zeuxine exilis Ridl., 1906.
• Zeuxine flava (Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen, 1885.
• Zeuxine fritzii Schltr., 1915.
• Zeuxine gengmanensis (K.Y.Lang) Ormerod, 2002.
• Zeuxine gilgiana Kraenzl. & Schltr. 1906.
• Zeuxine glandulosa King & Pantl., 1898.
• Zeuxine godefroyi Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 34 (1878.
• Zeuxine goodyeroides Lindl., 1840.

• Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume, 1858.
• Zeuxine grandis Seidenf., 1978.
• Zeuxine hahensis J.J.Sm., 1927.
• Zeuxine integrilabella C.S.Leou, 1994.
• Zeuxine kantokeiensis Tatew. & Masam.,1932.
• Zeuxine kutaiensis J.J.Sm., 1931.
• Zeuxine lancifolia (Ames) Ormerod, 1998.
• Zeuxine leucoptera Schltr., 1911.
• Zeuxine leytensis (Ames) Ames, 1938.
• Zeuxine lindleyana T.Cooke, 1988.
• Zeuxine longilabris (Lindl.) Trimen, 1885.
• Zeuxine lunulata P.J.Cribb & J.Bowden, 1979.
• Zeuxine macrorhyncha Schltr., 1921.
• Zeuxine madagascariensis Schltr., 1913.
• Zeuxine marivelensis (Ames) Ames, 1938.
• Zeuxine membranacea Lindl., 1840.
• Zeuxine mindanaensis (Ames) Ormerod,2004.
• Zeuxine montana Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, 1905.
• Zeuxine nervosa (Wall. ex Lindl.) Benth. ex Trimen, 1885.
• Zeuxine niijimai Tatew. & Masam., 1932.
• Zeuxine oblonga R.S.Rogers & C.T.White, 1920.
• Zeuxine odorata Fukuy., 1936.
• Zeuxine ovata (Gaudich.) Garay & W.Kittr., 1985.
• Zeuxine palawensis Tuyama, 1939.
• Zeuxine palustris Ridl.,1910.
• Zeuxine pantlingii Av.Bhattacharjee & H.J.Chowdhery, 2006.

• Zeuxine papillosa Carr, 1935.
• Zeuxine parvifolia (Ridl.) Seidenf., 1978.
• Zeuxine petakensis J.J.Sm., 1931.
• Zeuxine philippinensis (Ames) Ames, 1938.
• Zeuxine plantaginea (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake, 1892.
• Zeuxine polygonoides (F.Muell.) P.J.Cribb.
• Zeuxine pulchra King & Pantl., 1896.
• Zeuxine purpurascens Blume, 1858.
• Zeuxine reflexa King & Pantl., 1898.
• Zeuxine regia (Lindl.) Trimen, 1885.
• Zeuxine reginasilvae Ormerod, 2005.
• Zeuxine rolfiana King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1897.
• Zeuxine rupestris Ridl., 1870.
• Zeuxine sakagutii Tuyama, 1936.
• Zeuxine samoensis Schltr., B1906.
• Zeuxine seidenfadenii Deva & H.B.Naithani, 1986.
• Zeuxine stammleri Schltr., 1906.
• Zeuxine stenophylla (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake, 1892.
• Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schltr., 1911.
• Zeuxine tenuifolia Tuyama, 1936.
• Zeuxine tjiampeana J.J.Sm., 1910.
• Zeuxine triangula J.J.Sm.,1928.
• Zeuxine violascens Ridl., 1907.
• Zeuxine viridiflora (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., 1906.
  • Zeuxine viridiflora var. latifolia J.J.Sm., 1926.
  • Zeuxine viridiflora var. viridiflora.
• Zeuxine weberi (Ames) Ames, 1938.
• Zeuxine wenzelii (Ames) Ormerod, 2004.

References

• "Zeuxine". Orchids Wiki. Wikia. http://orchids.wikia.com/wiki/Zeuxine. Retrieved 2010-11-17.