Appendicula Undulata

''Appendicula'', commonly known as stream orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are Epiphyte, epiphytic, Lithophyte, lithophytic or rarely terrestrial plants Herbaceous plant, herbs with many flat, often twisted leaves and small Resupination, resupinate, white or greenish flowers. The sepals are free from each other but the wikt:lateral, lateral sepals and Labellum (botany), labellum are fused to the base of the Column (botany), column.

The genus ''Appendicula'' was first formally described in 1825 by Carl Ludwig Blume who published the description in ''Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië''. The name ''Appendicula'' is the diminutive form of the Latin word ''appendix'' meaning "appendage" or "addition", hence "little appendage", referring to the "inward-facing appendages on the labellum".

Orchids in the genus ''Appendicula'' occur from Tropics, tropical and Subtropics, subtropical Asia to the western Pacific Ocean, Pacific.

List of species

The following is a list of species of ''Appendicula'' accepted by the Plants of the World Online as at December 2024:

* ''Appendicula aberrans'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula adnata'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula alatocaulis'' P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm.
* ''Appendicula alba'' Blume
* ''Appendicula anceps'' Blume
** ''Appendicula anceps'' var. ''anceps''.
** ''Appendicula anceps'' var. ''celebica'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula ancosiphila'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula anemophila'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula angustifolia'' Blume
* ''Appendicula annamensis'' Guillaumin
* ''Appendicula anomala'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula babiensis'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula baliensis'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula biloba'' J.J.Sm.
** ''Appendicula biloba'' var. ''angustifolia'' J.J.Sm.
** ''Appendicula biloba'' var. ''biloba''.
* ''Appendicula bilobulata'' J.J.Wood
* ''Appendicula biumbonata'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula bracteata'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula bracteosa'' Rchb.f. in B.Seemann
* ''Appendicula brassii'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula brevimentum'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula buxifolia'' Blume
* ''Appendicula calcarata'' Ridl.
* ''Appendicula calcicola'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula callifera'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula carinifera'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula carnosa'' Blume
* ''Appendicula celebica'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula clemensiae'' (Ames) Ames
* ''Appendicula clemensiorum'' J.J.Wood
* ''Appendicula collina'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula concava'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula congenera'' Blume
* ''Appendicula congesta'' Ridl.
* ''Appendicula cornuta'' Blume
* ''Appendicula crispa'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula cristata'' Blume
* ''Appendicula crotalina'' (Ames) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula cuneata'' Ames
* ''Appendicula cyphochiloides'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula dajakorum'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula damusensis'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula densifolia'' (Ridl.) Ridl.
* ''Appendicula dichaeoides'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula disticha'' Ridl.
* ''Appendicula djamuensis'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula effusa'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula elegans'' Rchb.f.
* ''Appendicula elmeri'' (Ames) Ames
* ''Appendicula fallax'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula fasciculata'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula fenixii'' (Ames) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula fergussoniana'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula flaccida'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula floribunda'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula foliosa'' Ames
* ''Appendicula fractiflexa'' J.J.Wood
* ''Appendicula furfuracea'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula gjellerupii'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula goodenoughiana'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula gracilis'' Aver.
* ''Appendicula grandifolia'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula hexadens'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula hexandra'' (J.König) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula hooglandii'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula humilis'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula imbricata'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula inermis'' Carr
* ''Appendicula infundibuliformis'' J.J.Sm..
* ''Appendicula irigensis'' Ames
* ''Appendicula jacobsonii'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula kaniensis'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula kjellbergii'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula krauseana'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula lamprophylla'' Schltr..
* ''Appendicula latifolia'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula latilabium'' J.J.Sm.
** ''Appendicula latilabium'' var. ''latilabium''.
** ''Appendicula latilabium'' var. ''seramica'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula laxifolia'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula leytensis'' Ames
* ''Appendicula linearifolia'' Ames & C.Schweinf.
* ''Appendicula linearis'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula longa'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula longibracteata'' Ridl.
* ''Appendicula longirostrata'' Ames & C.Schweinf.
* ''Appendicula lucbanensis'' (Ames) Ames
* ''Appendicula lucida'' Ridl.
* ''Appendicula lutea'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula luzonensis'' (Ames) Ames
* ''Appendicula magnibracteata'' Ames & C.Schweinf.
* ''Appendicula malindangensis'' (Ames) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula maneauensis'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula maquilingensis'' Ames
* ''Appendicula matapensis'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula merapohensis'' P.T.Ong & P.O'Byrne
* ''Appendicula merrillii'' Ames
* ''Appendicula mimica'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula montana'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula negrosiana'' (Ames) Ames
* ''Appendicula nicobarica'' Jayanthi, Sumathi & Karthig.
* ''Appendicula nivea'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula oblonga'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula ovalis'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. ex Mansf.
* ''Appendicula oxysepala'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula padangensis'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula pandurata'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula parvifolia'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula patentissima'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula pauciflora'' Blume
* ''Appendicula pendula'' Blume
* ''Appendicula penicillata'' Blume
* ''Appendicula perplexa'' (Ames) Ames
* ''Appendicula peyeriana'' Kraenzl.
* ''Appendicula pilosa'' J.J.Sm.
** ''Appendicula pilosa'' var. ''pilosa''.
** ''Appendicula pilosa'' var. ''sumatrana'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula podochiloides'' J.J.Sm..
* ''Appendicula polita'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula polyantha'' Ames
* ''Appendicula polyphylla'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula polystachya'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula pseudofractiflexa'' J.J.Wood
* ''Appendicula pseudopendula'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula purpurascens'' Blume
* ''Appendicula purpureifolia'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula ramosa'' Blume
* ''Appendicula recondita'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula reflexa'' Blume
** ''Appendicula reflexa'' var. ''cycloglossa'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
** ''Appendicula reflexa'' var. ''kotoensis'' (Hayata) T.P.Lin
** ''Appendicula reflexa'' var. ''reflexa''.
* ''Appendicula rivularis'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula rostellata'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula rostrata'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula rubens'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula rupestris'' Ridl.
* ''Appendicula salicifolia'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula scissosaccus'' (Gilli) Ormerod
* ''Appendicula sepikiana'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula seranica'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula spathilabris'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula steffensiana'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula tagalensium'' Kraenzl.
* ''Appendicula tembuyukenensis'' J.J.Wood
* ''Appendicula tenuifolia'' J.J.Wood
** ''Appendicula tenuifolia'' var. ''filiformis'' J.J.Wood
** ''Appendicula tenuifolia'' var. ''tenuifolia''.
* ''Appendicula tenuispica'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula theunissenii'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula togarupia'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula topensabe'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula torricelliana'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula torta'' Blume
* ''Appendicula triloba'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
* ''Appendicula tubilabia'' J.J.Wood
* ''Appendicula uncata'' Ridl.
** ''Appendicula uncata'' subsp. ''sarawakensis'' J.J.Wood
** ''Appendicula uncata'' subsp. ''uncata''.
* ''Appendicula undulata'' Blume
** ''Appendicula uncata'' subsp. ''sarawakensis'' J.J.Wood
** ''Appendicula uncata'' subsp. ''uncata''.
* ''Appendicula vanimoensis'' Ormerod
* ''Appendicula verruculifera'' J.J.Sm.
* ''Appendicula wariana'' (Schltr.) Ormerod
* ''Appendicula weberi'' Ames
* ''Appendicula werneri'' Schltr.
* ''Appendicula wibowojuswara'' J.M.H.Shaw
* ''Appendicula xytriophora'' Rchb.f

References

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Podochileae genera
Orchids of China
Orchids of Thailand
Orchids of Vietnam
Orchids of Malaysia
Orchids of the Philippines
Orchids of Indonesia
Orchids of New Guinea
Orchids of Vanuatu
Flora of the Southwestern Pacific
Flora of the Caroline Islands
Eriinae