Satyrium (plant)

Satyrium
Satyrium odorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Satyrium
Sw.
Species

91, see text

Synonyms

Aviceps Lindl.
Diplectrum Pers.
Hipporkis Thouars
Satyridium Lindl.

Satyrium is a genus of orchid. The Kew plant list for 2010 listed 85 full species as accepted, ignoring synonyms, subspecies and hybrids etc. About ten were still unresolved at the time. Most of the species occur in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The ranges of four species extend to Asia, mainly in India and Sri Lanka. Hybridization occurs between several species, complicating molecular phylogenetic studies, especially those relying on mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA sequences.[1]

Satyrium macrophyllum
Pencil and watercolour by Harry Blus

The genus most closely related to Satyrium is presumed to be Pachites, which together with Satyrium makes up the subtribe Satyriinae of the Diseae. Historically other species with helmet-shaped flowers e.g. Aceras, Chamorchis and Platanthera, often were included in the genus Satyrium, but far from belonging in the same genus, they no longer are included even within the Satyriinae, but within the tribe Orchideae. In a 2015 classification of Orchidaceae, Satyrium itself was placed in the subtribe Orchidinae.[2]

Currently accepted species of Satyrium

References

Notes

  1. ^ Timotheüs van der Niet, and H. Peter Linder. 2008. "Dealing with incongruence in the quest for the species tree: A case study from the orchid genus Satyrium". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47(1):154-174. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.008.
  2. ^ Chase, Mark W.; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Freudenstein, John V.; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Salazar, Gerardo; van den Berg, Cássio; Schuiteman, André (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234. ISSN 0024-4074.

Sources

  • van der Niet, T., Liltved, W.R., Oliver, E.G.H. 2009. Satyrium situsanguinum (Orchidaceae): a new species from the Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 75, 22–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2008.06.006
  • van der Niet, T., Liltved, W.R., Johnson, S.D. 2011a. More than meets the eye: a morphological and phylogenetic comparison of long-spurred, white-flowered Satyrium species (Orchidaceae) in South Africa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166, 417–430. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01143.x
  • van der Niet, T. 2017. Satyrium liltvedianum: a newly discovered orchid species from the Kogelberg Mountains of the Cape Floristic Region (South Africa). South African Journal of Botany 111, 126–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2017.03.018.
  • Castañeda-Zárate, M., Johnson, S.D., van der Niet, T. 2022. Description of a new species within the Satyrium longicauda (Orchidaceae) complex from South Africa, based on integrative taxonomy. South African Journal of Botany 148, 379–386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.04.027.
  • Castañeda-Zárate, M., Bytebier, B., Johnson, S.D., van der Niet, T. 2022. Satyrium cernuiflorum, a new name for Satyrium cernuum Castañeda-Zárate & van der Niet (Orchidaceae). South African Journal of Botany 150: 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.06.061
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