Bryobium retusum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Bryobium retusum']

• English: Christmas Island urchin orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Podochileae • Subtribus: Eriinae • Genus: Bryobium • Species: Bryobium retusum (Blume) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb (2005)

Synonyms

Basionym Dendrolirium retusum Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 351 (1825) Homotypic synonyms Phreatia retusa (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 64 (1830) Eria retusa (Blume) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 54 (1857) Pinalia retusa (Blume) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 679 (1891) Heterotypic synonyms Bryobium pubescens Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 79 (1838) Eria pusilla Teijsm. & Binn., Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 24: 312 (1862) Phreatia congesta Rolfe, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 358 (1890)

Type species

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Bryobium retusum
  (as syn.
  Eria retusa)
  figure 308 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 4. Heft
  Leiden (1911)
• 
  Bryobium retusum
  (as syn.
  Eria retusa)
  figure 308 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 4. Heft
  Leiden (1911)

  (Detail)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Borneo, Christmas Isle, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Bryobium retusum.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Bryobium retusum