Appendicula


Appendicula, commonly known as stream orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are epiphytic, lithophytic or rarely terrestrial plants herbs with many flat, often twisted leaves and small resupinate, white or greenish flowers. The sepals are free from each other but the lateral sepals and labellum are fused to the base of the column.
The genus Appendicula was first formally described in 1825 by Carl Ludwig Blume who published the description in Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. The name Appendicula is the diminutive form of the Latin word appendix meaning "appendage" or "addition", hence "little appendage", referring to the "inward-facing appendages on the labellum".
Orchids in the genus Appendicula occur from tropical and subtropical Asia to the western Pacific.

List of species

The following is a list of species of Appendicula accepted by the Plants of the World Online as at December 2024:Appendicula aberrans Schltr.Appendicula adnata J.J.Sm.Appendicula alatocaulis P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm.Appendicula alba BlumeAppendicula anceps Blume
  • * Appendicula anceps var. anceps.
  • * Appendicula anceps var. celebica Schltr.Appendicula ancosiphila OrmerodAppendicula anemophila J.J.Sm.Appendicula angustifolia BlumeAppendicula annamensis GuillauminAppendicula anomala Schltr.Appendicula babiensis J.J.Sm.Appendicula baliensis J.J.Sm.Appendicula biloba J.J.Sm.
  • * Appendicula biloba var. angustifolia J.J.Sm.
  • * Appendicula biloba var. biloba.Appendicula bilobulata J.J.WoodAppendicula biumbonata Schltr.Appendicula bracteata J.J.Sm.Appendicula bracteosa Rchb.f. in B.SeemannAppendicula brassii OrmerodAppendicula brevimentum J.J.Sm.Appendicula buxifolia BlumeAppendicula calcarata Ridl.Appendicula calcicola Schltr.Appendicula callifera J.J.Sm.Appendicula carinifera Schltr.Appendicula carnosa BlumeAppendicula celebica Schltr.Appendicula clemensiae AmesAppendicula clemensiorum J.J.WoodAppendicula collina J.J.Sm.Appendicula concava Schltr.Appendicula congenera BlumeAppendicula congesta Ridl.Appendicula cornuta BlumeAppendicula crispa J.J.Sm.Appendicula cristata BlumeAppendicula crotalina Schltr.Appendicula cuneata AmesAppendicula cyphochiloides OrmerodAppendicula dajakorum J.J.Sm.Appendicula damusensis J.J.Sm.Appendicula densifolia Ridl.Appendicula dichaeoides OrmerodAppendicula disticha Ridl.Appendicula djamuensis Schltr.Appendicula effusa Schltr.Appendicula elegans Rchb.f.Appendicula elmeri AmesAppendicula fallax Schltr.Appendicula fasciculata J.J.Sm.Appendicula fenixii Schltr.Appendicula fergussoniana OrmerodAppendicula flaccida Schltr.Appendicula floribunda Schltr. Appendicula foliosa AmesAppendicula fractiflexa J.J.WoodAppendicula furfuracea J.J.Sm.Appendicula gjellerupii J.J.Sm.Appendicula goodenoughiana OrmerodAppendicula gracilis Aver.Appendicula grandifolia Schltr.Appendicula hexadens OrmerodAppendicula hexandra J.J.Sm. Appendicula hooglandii OrmerodAppendicula humilis Schltr.Appendicula imbricata J.J.Sm.Appendicula inermis CarrAppendicula infundibuliformis J.J.Sm.. Appendicula irigensis AmesAppendicula jacobsonii J.J.Sm.Appendicula kaniensis Schltr.Appendicula kjellbergii J.J.Sm.Appendicula krauseana Schltr.Appendicula lamprophylla Schltr.. Appendicula latifolia J.J.Sm.Appendicula latilabium J.J.Sm.
  • * Appendicula latilabium var. latilabium.
  • * Appendicula latilabium var. seramica J.J.Sm.Appendicula laxifolia J.J.Sm.Appendicula leytensis AmesAppendicula linearifolia Ames & C.Schweinf.Appendicula linearis J.J.Sm.Appendicula longa J.J.Sm.Appendicula longibracteata Ridl.Appendicula longirostrata Ames & C.Schweinf.Appendicula lucbanensis AmesAppendicula lucida Ridl.Appendicula lutea Schltr.Appendicula luzonensis AmesAppendicula magnibracteata Ames & C.Schweinf.Appendicula malindangensis Schltr. Appendicula maneauensis OrmerodAppendicula maquilingensis Ames Appendicula matapensis OrmerodAppendicula merapohensis P.T.Ong & P.O'ByrneAppendicula merrillii AmesAppendicula mimica OrmerodAppendicula montana J.J.Sm.Appendicula negrosiana AmesAppendicula nicobarica Jayanthi, Sumathi & Karthig.Appendicula nivea Schltr.Appendicula oblonga Schltr.Appendicula ovalis J.J.Sm. ex Mansf.Appendicula oxysepala J.J.Sm.Appendicula padangensis Schltr.Appendicula pandurata Schltr.Appendicula parvifolia J.J.Sm.Appendicula patentissima J.J.Sm. Appendicula pauciflora BlumeAppendicula pendula BlumeAppendicula penicillata BlumeAppendicula perplexa AmesAppendicula peyeriana Kraenzl.Appendicula pilosa J.J.Sm.
  • * Appendicula pilosa var. pilosa.
  • * Appendicula pilosa var. sumatrana J.J.Sm.Appendicula podochiloides J.J.Sm.. Appendicula polita J.J.Sm.Appendicula polyantha AmesAppendicula polyphylla Schltr.Appendicula polystachya Schltr.Appendicula pseudofractiflexa J.J.WoodAppendicula pseudopendula Schltr.Appendicula purpurascens BlumeAppendicula purpureifolia J.J.Sm.Appendicula ramosa BlumeAppendicula recondita J.J.Sm.Appendicula reflexa Blume
  • * Appendicula reflexa var. cycloglossa Schltr.
  • * Appendicula reflexa var. kotoensis T.P.Lin
  • * Appendicula reflexa var. reflexa.Appendicula rivularis J.J.Sm.Appendicula rostellata J.J.Sm.Appendicula rostrata J.J.Sm. Appendicula rubens Schltr.Appendicula rupestris Ridl.Appendicula salicifolia J.J.Sm.Appendicula scissosaccus OrmerodAppendicula sepikiana Schltr.Appendicula seranica J.J.Sm.Appendicula spathilabris J.J.Sm. Appendicula steffensiana J.J.Sm.Appendicula tagalensium Kraenzl. Appendicula tembuyukenensis J.J.WoodAppendicula tenuifolia J.J.Wood
  • * Appendicula tenuifolia var. filiformis J.J.Wood
  • * Appendicula tenuifolia var. tenuifolia.Appendicula tenuispica Schltr.Appendicula theunissenii J.J.Sm.Appendicula togarupia OrmerodAppendicula topensabe OrmerodAppendicula torricelliana Schltr.Appendicula torta BlumeAppendicula triloba Schltr.Appendicula tubilabia J.J.WoodAppendicula uncata Ridl.
  • * Appendicula uncata subsp. sarawakensis J.J.Wood
  • * Appendicula uncata subsp. uncata. Appendicula undulata Blume
  • * Appendicula uncata subsp. sarawakensis J.J.Wood
  • * Appendicula uncata subsp. uncata.Appendicula vanimoensis OrmerodAppendicula verruculifera J.J.Sm.Appendicula wariana OrmerodAppendicula weberi AmesAppendicula werneri Schltr.Appendicula wibowojuswara J.M.H.ShawAppendicula xytriophora Rchb.f