''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a

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s from the orchid

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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 ...

. Plants in this genus are epiphytes 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 subtropical

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to the Western

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Description

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

monopodial Vascular plants with monopodial growth habits grow upward from a single point. They add leaves to the apex each year and the stem grows longer accordingly. The word ''Monopodial'' is derived from Greek "mono-", ''one'' and "podial", "foot", in refe ...

herbs In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicina ...

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

petal Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''corolla''. Petals are usuall ...

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 Angoulêm ...

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

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. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

is '' Robiquetia ascendens''. 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 1806 ...

. 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) is an "international collaborative programme that provides the latest peer reviewed and published opinions on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected pl ...

as of December 2018: *'' Robiquetia aberrans'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. - Thailand to Malesia * '' Robiquetia adelineana'' P.O'Byrne - Malaysia * '' Robiquetia amboinensis'' (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. - Ambon * ''

Robiquetia amesiana ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia anceps ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' J.J.Sm. - Ternate * ''

Robiquetia andamanica ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (N.P.Balakr. & N.Bhargava) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia angustifolia ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' Schltr. - Sulawesi * '' Robiquetia arunachalensis'' (A.N.Rao) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia ascendens'' Gaudich. - Maluku * ''

Robiquetia batakensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia bertholdii ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Fiji, Santa Cruz Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu * ''

Robiquetia bicruris ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' J.J.Sm. * ''

Robiquetia bifida ''Robiquetia bifida'', synonyms including ''Megalotus bifidus'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native Native may refer to: People * Jus soli, citizenship by right of birth * Indigenous peoples, peoples with a ...

'' (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia brassii ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' Ormerod - New Guinea * ''

Robiquetia brevifolia ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (Lindl.) Garay - Sri Lanka * ''

Robiquetia brevisaccata ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia camptocentrum'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - New Guinea * '' Robiquetia cerina'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - Philippines * ''

Robiquetia cladophylax ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia compressa ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Lindl.) Schltr. - Philippines * ''

Robiquetia crassa ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Ridl.) Schltr. - Sarawak * '' Robiquetia crockerensis'' J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb in J.J.Wood & al. - Sarawak, Sabah * ''

Robiquetia culicifera ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia dentifera ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' J.J.Sm. - Seram * ''

Robiquetia discolor ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Garay - Philippines * ''

Robiquetia dutertei ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' Cootes, Naive & M.Leon * ''

Robiquetia eburnea ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (W.Suarez & Cootes) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia enigma ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' Ferreras & W.Suarez - Philippines * ''

Robiquetia flammea ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' (R.Boos, Cootes & W.Suarez) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia flexa ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - New Guinea * ''

Robiquetia forbesii ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia gautierensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia glomerata ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (Rolfe) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia gracilis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' (Lindl.) Garay - India, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands * ''

Robiquetia gracilistipes ''Robiquetia gracilistipes'', commonly known as the large pouched orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid from the family Orchidaceae that forms large, hanging, straggly clumps. It has long, thick, roots, a single stem, many thick, leathe ...

'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomons * ''

Robiquetia hamata ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' Schltr. - New Guinea * '' Robiquetia hansenii'' J.J.Sm - Mentawai * '' Robiquetia honhoffii'' (Schuit. & A.Vogel) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia inflata ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Metusala & P.O'Byrne) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia insectifera ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia josephiana ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' Manilal & C.S.Kumar - Kerala * ''

Robiquetia juliae ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (P.O'Byrne) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia kawakamii ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia kusaiensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid Family (biology), family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous ...

'' Fukuy. - Kosrae * ''

Robiquetia ligulata ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia longipedunculata ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' Schltr. - Sulawesi * ''

Robiquetia lutea ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Volk) Schltr. - Caroline Islands * ''

Robiquetia lyonii ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' (Ames) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia millariae ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the ...

'' Ormerod - Solomons * '' Robiquetia minahassae'' (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. - Sulawesi * ''

Robiquetia minimiflora ''Robiquetia minimiflora'', or the tiny-flowered abdominea, is a very rare monopodial epiphytic orchid species. It was previously known as the ''Abdominea minimiflora''. It is distributed from Thailand to the Malay peninsula, Java, and the Phili ...

'' (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia pachyphylla ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Rchb.f.) Garay - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam * ''

Robiquetia palawensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' Tuyama - Palau * '' Robiquetia palustris'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia pantherina ''Robiquetia pantherina'' is a species of Pouched Orchid endemic to the Philippines. Description ''Robiquetia pantherina'' is a epiphytic subshrub A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or dwarf shrub is a short shrub, and is a woody plant. P ...

'' (Kraenzl.) Ames - Philippines * '' Robiquetia penangiana'' (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia pinosukensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' 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 ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery le ...

'' (R.Boos & Cootes) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia rosea'' (Lindl.) Garay - Karnataka, Sri Lanka * ''

Robiquetia sanguinicors ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia schizogenia'' (Ferreras, Cootes & R.Boos) J.M.H.Shaw * '' Robiquetia serpentina'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia spathulata ''Robiquetia spathulata'', commonly known as the sheath-covered spathe robiquetia, is a species of pouched orchid. It is found from the Eastern Himalayas to Malesia. Distribution and habitat ''Robiquetia spathulata'' is native to Assam, B ...

'' (Blume) J.J.Sm - Hainan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Assam, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam * '' Robiquetia sphingoides'' (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia steffensii ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * '' Robiquetia succisa'' (Lindl.) Seidenf. & Garay - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh * ''

Robiquetia sulitiana ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Ormerod) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia sylvestris ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia tomaniensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah * ''

Robiquetia tongaensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' 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, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' Tuyama - Chuuk * ''

Robiquetia vanoverberghii ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' Ames - Philippines * ''

Robiquetia vaupelii ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Schltr.) Ormerod & J.J.Wood - Fiji, Samoa * ''

Robiquetia vietnamensis ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (Guillaumin) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia virescens ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' Ormerod & S.S.Fernando - Sri Lanka * ''

Robiquetia viridirosea ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' J.J.Sm. - Buru, Seram * ''

Robiquetia wariana ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia wassellii ''Robiquetia wassellii'', commonly known as the green pouched orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid from the family Orchidaceae. It has thick roots, a pendulous stem, between three and six crowded, dark green leaves and many crowded dark ...

'' Dockrill - Queensland * ''

Robiquetia witteana ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leather ...

'' (Rchb.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. * ''

Robiquetia woodfordii ''Robiquetia'', commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 (ji shu lan shu), is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery l ...

'' (Rolfe) Garay - Solomons

Distribution

Orchids in the genus ''Robiquetia'' occur in China (2 species), the

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, the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its ca ...

, Fiji,

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

and

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia (2 species, 1

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found els ...

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1955317 Vandeae genera