Genus Bryobium
Bryobium Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2 (1836) 446. Type species : Bryobium pubesens Lindl. (= Eria retusa (Blume) Rchb. f.).
Synonyms:
- Eria sect. Bryobium (Lindl.) Benth. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot., 18 (1881) 303. Type species: Eria pubescens Lindl.
- Alvisia Lindl., Folia Orch. Alvisia (1859). Type species: Alvisia tenuis Lindl.
- Eria sect. Bryobium (Lindl.) Benth. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot., 18 (1881) 303. Type species: Eria pubescens Lindl.
Epiphytic herbs. Roots branching. Rhizome creeping. Pseudobulbs fleshy, with few internodes, ovoid to fusiform, the base covered by scale leaves sheaths; apex with 1-3 leaves. Leaves conduplicate, coriaceous; leaf sheath broad; blade at the base petiole-like. Inflorescences terminal or from the apical nodes, racemose; peduncle without sterile bracts; floral bracts shorter than or as long as the pedicel. Flowers resupinate or not, remaining rather closed, hairy or glabrous. Ovary glabrous or pubescent. Median sepal free. Lateral sepals obliquely triangular; mentum conical. Petals free, smaller than the sepals. Labellum entire or 3-lobed, recurved; lateral lobes erect; midlobe entire; callus consisting of 2 or 3 ridges . Column curved; pollinia 8 in two groups, clavate, each group attached by caudicles to its own viscidium.
(after Cribb & Peng 20XX)
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- Ng, Y. P. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships in tribe Podochileae (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae): based on combined evidence from molecular and morphological data. Ph.D. thesis, University of London.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Podochileae
- Subtribe Eriinae
- Genus Bryobium
Formerly Genus Eria Section Bryobium
Genus Bryobium contains c. 20 species, in New Guinea 10 (11?) species:
Bryobium atrorubens
Bryobium cordiferum
Bryobium diphyllum
Bryobium dischorense
Bryobium erioides
Bryobium montanum
Bryobium punctatum
Bryobium queenslandicum
Bryobium retusum
Bryobium singulifolium
Bryobium subclausum
It is doubtful that the Australian species Bryobium queenslandicum occurs in New Guinea.
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Genus Bryobium
Bryobium retusum (Blume) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb, plant habit, photo André Schuiteman, from Leiden cult. 21033 (Academica), Indonesia, Kalimantan Timur, near Balikpapan.
Genus Bryobium
Bryobium retusum (Blume) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb, inflorescence, photo André Schuiteman, from Leiden cult. 21033 (Academica), Indonesia, Kalimantan Timur, near Balikpapan.
Genus Bryobium
Bryobium dischorense (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, as Eria dischorensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1912) 666, fig. 843.
Genus Bryobium
Bryobium cordiferum (Schltr.) ined., cf., drawing N.H.S. Howcroft 580, from Manki Ra., Bulolo, Morobe Prov.
Genus Bryobium
Bryobium eriaeoides (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe, aff., drawing N.H.S. Howcroft 575, from Gazelle Penins., East New Britain Prov.