What is "pholidota"

1. redirect pangolin

Category:Mammal orders

The genus Pholidota belongs to the family Orchidaceae and the subtribe Coelogyninae. Genera that are part of this subtribe are usually terrestrial or epiphytic. Great variation exists among leaf types of this genus; however, the flowers are usually small to large and appear upside down.

Species of this genus can be found across much of eastern and southern Asia ( Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.), as well as in New Guinea and Queensland, and on some Pacific Islands.

Species accepted as of June 2014 include:

1. Pholidota advena (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Hook.f. - Myanmar
2. Pholidota aidiolepis Seidenf. & de Vogel - Thailand
3. Pholidota articulata Lindl. - Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Assam, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
4. Pholidota camelostalix Rchb.f. - Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
5. Pholidota cantonensis Rolfe - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang.
6. Pholidota carnea (Blume) Lindl. - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarcks
7. Pholidota chinensis Lindl. - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Myanmar, Vietnam
8. Pholidota clemensii Ames - Borneo
9. Pholidota convallariae (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra
10. Pholidota corniculata Pfitzer & Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler - Assam
11. Pholidota cyclopetala Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler - Sumatra
12. Pholidota gibbosa (Blume) Lindl. ex de Vriese - Solomons and much of Indonesia
13. Pholidota globosa (Blume) Lindl. - Sumatra, Java, Bali
14. Pholidota guibertiae Finet - Vietnam
15. Pholidota imbricata Lindl. in W.J.Hooker - widespread from Tibet to Queensland and New Caledonia
16. Pholidota katakiana Phukan - Arunachal Pradesh
17. Pholidota leveilleana Schltr. - Vietnam, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan
18. Pholidota longibulba Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia
19. Pholidota longilabra de Vogel - Sumatra
20. Pholidota longipes S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi - Yunnan
21. Pholidota mediocris de Vogel - Borneo
22. Pholidota missionariorum Gagnep. - Bhutan, eastern India, Myanmar, Vietnam
23. Pholidota nervosa (Blume) Rchb.f. - Sumatra, Java
24. Pholidota niana Y.T.Liu, R.Li & C.L.Long - Yunnan
25. Pholidota pachyglossa Aver. - Vietnam
26. Pholidota pallida Lindl. - Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia
27. Pholidota pectinata Ames - Borneo
28. Pholidota pholas Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - southeastern China
29. Pholidota protracta Hook.f. - Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar
30. Pholidota pygmaea H.J.Chowdhery & G.D.Pal - Arunachal Pradesh
31. Pholidota pyrranthela Gagnep. - Vietnam
32. Pholidota recurva Lindl. - Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
33. Pholidota roseans Schltr. - Guizhou, Vietnam
34. Pholidota rubra Lindl. - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Vietnam
35. Pholidota schweinfurthiana L.O.Williams - Borneo
36. Pholidota sigmatochilus J.J.Sm. - Sabah
37. Pholidota sulcata J.J.Sm. - Borneo
38. Pholidota ventricosa (Blume) Rchb.f. - Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea
39. Pholidota wattii King & Pantl. - Assam
40. Pholidota yunnanensis Rolfe - Vietnam, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan

Pholidota can be

• Pholidota (plant): a genus of Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae
• Pholidota (order): an order in Laurasiatheria