Acampe

Acampe
Acampe rigida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Acampe
Lindl.
Type species
Acampe multiflora (syn of A. rigida)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sarcanthus Lindl.

Acampe, abbreviated as Acp in horticultural trade, is a genus of monopodial, epiphytic vandaceous species of orchids, distributed from tropical Asia from India, eastwards to China and southwards to Malaysia, and the Philippines as well as from tropical Africa, Madagascar and islands of the Indian Ocean.[2] The name Acampe was derived from the Greek word akampas, meaning "rigid", referring to the small, brittle, inflexible flowers.

Acampe produce slow-growing, medium-sized vines that form very large vegetative masses in nature. They are noted for their thick, leathery, distichous leaves. They produce fragrant small to medium-sized yellow flowers, barred with orange or red stripes, in a few to many-flowered racemose inflorescence. The brittle sepals and petals look alike. The ear-shaped, fringed, white labellum (lip) is saccate (sac-shaped) or has a spur, and has red markings at its base. The fleshy column is short and has two waxy pollinia.[3]

Due to their large size and small flowers, they are rarely cultivated.

Species

Eight species are recognized as of May 2014:[2]

  1. Acampe carinata (Griff.) Panigrahi - China, India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  2. Acampe cephalotes Lindl. - Assam, Bangladesh
  3. Acampe hulae Telepova - Laos, Cambodia
  4. Acampe joiceyana (J.J.Sm.) Seidenf. - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  5. Acampe ochracea (Lindl.) Hochr. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
  6. Acampe pachyglossa Rchb.f. - Africa from Somalia to South Africa; Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, Aldabra
  7. Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
  8. Acampe rigida (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt - China, India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya, Philippines

Acampe forms a few intergeneric hybrids :

References

  1. ^ "Acampe". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on April 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Flora of China v 25 p 449, 脆兰属 cui lan shu, Acampe Lindley, Fol. Orchid. 4(Acampe): 1. 1853.
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