''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

) belonging to the subfamily

Vanilloideae Vanilloideae is one of the subfamilies of orchids belonging to the large family Orchidaceae. Lindley (1836) and Garay (1986)Garay,L. (1986), Olim Vanillaceae. Botanical Museum Leaflets. Harvard University 30 : 233-237. treated it as a separate f ...

. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the

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, China, Japan,

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, and

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at altitudes of .Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> They are terrestrial, leafless myco-heterotrophs (formerly called saprophytes). They produce numerous, long, thick, horizontal roots under a short rhizome. The erect, dark, branched or unbranched stems are thin and brittle. They bear few to many dull brown, purple, yellow or green

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s with a somewhat brighter

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. The lip is about of equal length to the

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s and is covered with dense, yellow hair. Characteristics for this species are: * A

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, a cup-like structure formed from a group of small bracts, is present. * The erect gynostemium (the fused

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and

pistil Gynoecium (; ) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more) '' pis ...

) is elongate. ''Lecanorchis'' is related to ''

Clematepistephium ''Clematepistephium'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, ''Clematepistephium smilacifolium'', endemic to the island of New Caledonia. Its closest relative is ''Eriaxis'',Camero ...

'' and ''

Eriaxis ''Eriaxis'' is a monotypic genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae Vanilloideae is one of the subfamilies of orchids belonging to the large family Orchidaceae. Lindley (1836) and Garay (1986)Garay,L. (198 ...

'', both endemic to New Caledonia.

Species

Species accepted as of June 2014: # ''

Lecanorchis amethystea ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' Y.Sawa, Fukunaga & S.Sawa (2006) (Japan, Taiwan) # ''

Lecanorchis betongensis ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' Suddee & H.A.Pedersen (2011) (Thailand) # ''

Lecanorchis bicarinata ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' Schltr. (1922) (New Guinea) # ''

Lecanorchis brachycarpa ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' Ohwi. (1938) (Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan) # ''

Lecanorchis ciliolata ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' J.J.Sm. (1929) (New Guinea) # ''

Lecanorchis flavicans ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' Fukuy. (1942) (Ryukyu Islands)(Status : threatened) # ''

Lecanorchis japonica ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas ...

'' Blume (1856) (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Fujian, Hunan) # ''

Lecanorchis javanica ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' Blume (1856) (Java, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, New Guinea) # ''

Lecanorchis latens ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin (2011) (Taiwan) # ''

Lecanorchis kiusiana ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' Tuyama (1955) (Korea, Japan) # ''

Lecanorchis malaccensis ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' Ridl. (1893) (Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra) # ''

Lecanorchis multiflora ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, ...

'' J.J.Sm. (1918) (Thailand, Yunnan, Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java) # ''

Lecanorchis neglecta ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, ...

'' Schltr. (1911) (New Guinea) # ''

Lecanorchis nigricans ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, ...

'' Honda (1931) (Japan, Taiwan, Fujian, Thailand, Ryukyu Islands) # ''

Lecanorchis seidenfadenii ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, ...

'' Szlach. & Mytnik (2000) (Malaysia) # ''

Lecanorchis sikkimensis ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, C ...

'' N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb (1999) (Sikkim, Bhutan) # ''

Lecanorchis subpelorica ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, ...

'' T.C.Hsu & S.W.Chung, (2010) (Taiwan) # ''

Lecanorchis suginoana ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, ...

'' (Tuyama) Seriz. (2005) # ''

Lecanorchis thalassica ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, ...

'' T.P.Lin (1987) (Taiwan) #''

Lecanorchis vietnamica ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas, ...

'' Aver. (2005), Vietnam #''

Lecanorchis virella ''Lecanorchis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek words ''lekane'' (basin) and ''orchis'' (orchid). They occur in mountain forest of the Himalayas ...

'' T.Hashim. (1989) (Japan, Taiwan) A new species, ''

Lecanorchis tabugawaensis ''Lecanorchis tabugawaensis'' is a species of orchid which belongs to the group of mycoheterotrophic plants. Mycoheterotrophs are known for feeding off of the roots of fungal hosts, instead of utilizing photosynthesis. Myco-heterotrophy refers ...

'' was described in 2016.

References

* (1856) Museum Botanicum 2: 188. * (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 316 ff. Oxford University Press. * Orchid Research Newsletter 47 (January 2006) - Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. * - ''Lecanorchis seidenfadeni (Orchidaceae, Vanilloideae), a new orchid species from Malaya'' ; An.Bot.Fennici 37;227-230 (on line

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q133710 Vanilloideae genera Vanilleae Myco-heterotrophic orchids