''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, is a

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s from the orchid

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. Plants in this genus are

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s with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two ranks and large numbers of small, densely crowded flowers on a pendulous flowering stem. There are about eighty species found from

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and

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to the Western

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Description

Orchids in the genus ''Robiquetia'' are epiphytic,

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with pendulous, fibrous, sometimes branching stems and many smooth roots. The leaves are arranged in two ranks and are thick and leathery, oblong to elliptic, with a divided, asymmetrical, tip. Many small, densely crowded flowers are arranged on a pendulous flowering stem that emerges from a leaf

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. The

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s and

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s are similar to each other and the labellum has three lobes and an inflated spur on its tip.

Taxonomy and naming

The genus ''Robiquetia'' was first formally described in 1829 by

Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (September 4, 1789 – January 16, 1854) was a French botanist. Biography Gaudichaud was born in Angoulême, to J-J. Gaudichaud and Rose (Mallat) Gaudichaud. He studied pharmacology informally at Cognac and Angoulême, ...

and the description was published in his book '' Voyage autour du monde'' from a specimen collected in the

Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonics, Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West ...

. The

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is ''

Robiquetia ascendens ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two ranks and large number ...

''. The name ''Robiquetia'' honours the French chemist

Pierre Jean Robiquet Pierre Jean Robiquet (; 13 January 1780 – 29 April 1840) was a French chemist. He laid founding work in identifying amino acids, the fundamental building blocks of proteins. He did this through recognizing the first of them, asparagine, in 18 ...

. In Chinese, members of this genus are known as 寄树兰属 (jì shù lán shǔ).) Species list: The following is a list of species of ''Robiquetia'' accepted by the

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (usually abbreviated to WCSP) was an "international collaborative programme that provides the latest peer reviewed and published opinions on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected p ...

as of December 2018: *''

Robiquetia aberrans ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two ranks and large number ...

'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. - Thailand to Malesia * ''

Robiquetia adelineana ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two ranks and large number ...

'' P.O'Byrne - Malaysia * ''

Robiquetia amboinensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two ranks and large number ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. - Ambon * '' Robiquetia amesiana'' Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia anceps'' J.J.Sm. - Ternate * '' Robiquetia andamanica'' (N.P.Balakr. & N.Bhargava) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia angustifolia'' Schltr. - Sulawesi * '' Robiquetia arunachalensis'' (A.N.Rao) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

'' Gaudich. - Maluku * '' Robiquetia batakensis'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia bertholdii'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Fiji, Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu * '' Robiquetia bicruris'' J.J.Sm. * '' Robiquetia bifida'' (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia brassii'' Ormerod - New Guinea * '' Robiquetia brevifolia'' (Lindl.) Garay - Sri Lanka * '' Robiquetia brevisaccata'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia camptocentrum'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - New Guinea * ''

Robiquetia cerina ''Robiquetia cerina'' is a species of Orchid endemism, endemic to the Philippines. It is a epiphytic subshrub that typically grows in the wet tropical biome. References

Robiquetia, cerina Orchids of the Philippines {{Vandeae-stub ...

'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - Philippines * '' Robiquetia cladophylax'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia compressa'' (Lindl.) Schltr. - Philippines * '' Robiquetia crassa'' (Ridl.) Schltr. - Sarawak * '' Robiquetia crockerensis'' J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al. - Sarawak, Sabah * '' Robiquetia culicifera'' (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia dentifera'' J.J.Sm. - Seram * '' Robiquetia discolor'' (Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Garay - Philippines * '' Robiquetia dutertei'' Cootes, Naive & M.Leon * '' Robiquetia eburnea'' (W.Suarez & Cootes) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia enigma'' Ferreras & W.Suarez - Philippines * '' Robiquetia flammea'' (R.Boos, Cootes & W.Suarez) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia flexa'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - New Guinea * '' Robiquetia forbesii'' (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia gautierensis'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia glomerata'' (Rolfe) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia gracilis'' (Lindl.) Garay - India, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands * '' Robiquetia gracilistipes'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomons * '' Robiquetia hamata'' Schltr. - New Guinea * '' Robiquetia hansenii'' J.J.Sm - Mentawai * '' Robiquetia honhoffii'' (Schuit. & A.Vogel) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia inflata'' (Metusala & P.O'Byrne) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia insectifera'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia josephiana'' Manilal & C.S.Kumar - Kerala * '' Robiquetia juliae'' (P.O'Byrne) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia kawakamii'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia kusaiensis'' Fukuy. - Kosrae * '' Robiquetia ligulata'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia longipedunculata'' Schltr. - Sulawesi * '' Robiquetia lutea'' (Volk) Schltr. - Caroline Islands * '' Robiquetia lyonii'' (Ames) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia millariae'' Ormerod - Solomons * ''

Robiquetia minahassae ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two ranks and large number ...

'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - Sulawesi * '' Robiquetia minimiflora'' (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia pachyphylla'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam * '' Robiquetia palawensis'' Tuyama - Palau * '' Robiquetia palustris'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia pantherina'' (Kraenzl.) Ames - Philippines * '' Robiquetia penangiana'' (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia pinosukensis'' J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al. - Sabah, Sarawak * '' Robiquetia punctata'' (J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia reflexa'' (R.Boos & Cootes) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia rosea'' (Lindl.) Garay - Karnataka, Sri Lanka * '' Robiquetia sanguinicors'' (P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia schizogenia'' (Ferreras, Cootes & R.Boos) J.M.H.Shaw * ''

Robiquetia serpentina ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid Family (biology), family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two rank ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia spathulata'' (Blume) J.J.Sm - Hainan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Assam, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam * '' Robiquetia sphingoides'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia steffensii'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia succisa'' (Lindl.) Seidenf. & Garay - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh * '' Robiquetia sulitiana'' (Ormerod) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia sylvestris'' (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia tomaniensis'' J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah * '' Robiquetia tongaensis'' P.J.Cribb & Ormerod - Tonga * '' Robiquetia transversisaccata'' (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.J.Wood in J.J.Wood & al. - Sabah, Sarawak * ''

Robiquetia trukensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid Family (biology), family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two rank ...

'' Tuyama - Chuuk * '' Robiquetia vanoverberghii'' Ames - Philippines * '' Robiquetia vaupelii'' (Schltr.) Ormerod & J.J.Wood - Fiji, Samoa * '' Robiquetia vietnamensis'' (Guillaumin) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia virescens'' Ormerod & S.S.Fernando - Sri Lanka * '' Robiquetia viridirosea'' J.J.Sm. - Buru, Seram * '' Robiquetia wariana'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia wassellii'' Dockrill - Queensland * '' Robiquetia witteana'' (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia woodfordii'' (Rolfe) Garay - Solomons

Distribution

Orchids in the genus ''Robiquetia'' occur in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

(2 species), the

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

, the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...

Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...

and

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia (2 species, 1

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

References

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1955317 Vandeae genera