Porpax (plant)

Porpax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Podochilaeae
Subtribe:	Eriinae
Alliance:	Eria
Genus:	Porpax ; Lindl. 1845, not Salisb. 1866
Synonyms
	Aggeianthus Wight; Lichenora Wight;

Porpax is a genus of epiphytic orchids native to southern and southeastern Asia from India to Yunnan to Borneo. It contains 13 currently recognized species as of June 2014:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Porpax borneensis J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al., Pl. Mt. Kinabalu 2: 300 (1993). - Sabah
Porpax elwesii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 16: 8 (1908). - Nepal to Malaysia
Porpax fibuliformis (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 114 (1898). - Assam, Bhutan, Laos, Thailand
Porpax gigantea Deori, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 17: 174 (1978). - Assam, Myanmar, Thailand
Porpax grandiflora Seidenf., Bot. Tidsskr. 72: 5 (1977). - Thailand
Porpax jerdoniana (Wight) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 16: 8 (1908). - India, Andaman Islands
Porpax lanii Seidenf., Nordic J. Bot. 1: 206 (1981). - Thailand, Vietnam
Porpax meirax (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) King & Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 114 (1898). - Thailand, Myanmar, Andaman Islands
Porpax parishii (Lindl. & Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 16: 8 (1908). - Thailand, Myanmar
Porpax reticulata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 31(Misc.): 62 (1845). - India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
Porpax scaposa Seidenf., Bot. Tidsskr. 72: 11 (1977). - Thailand
Porpax seidenfadenii A.N.Rao, Orchid Memories: 24 (2004). - Arunachal Pradesh
Porpax ustulata (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 16: 8 (1908). - Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand

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