{{Short description|Genus of orchids}} {{Expand Japanese|topic=scitech|date=November 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Yoania japonica 2.JPG | image_caption = ''Yoania japonica'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Yoania | type_species = ''Yoania japonica'' | type_species_authority = Maxim. | authority = Maxim., 1873 <ref>Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, III, 18: 68</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=wcsp>{{cite web |url=http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=215468 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018101211/https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=215468 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |title=''Yoania'' |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew }}</ref> | synonyms = *''Yunorchis'' <small>Z.J.Liu, G.Q.Zhang & M.He Li</small> }}
'''''Yoania''''' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.<ref name=wcsp/><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=135215 Flora of China, v 25 p <big>宽距兰属</big> kuan ju lan shu, ''Yoania'' Maximowicz, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 18: 68. 1872. ]</ref> It described in 1872 by Russian botanist Karl Maximovich and was named after Japanese polymath and botanist Udagawa Yōan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Val |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132874317 |title=Common Ground: Who's who in New Zealand botanical names. Supplement Two: Who's who in New Zealand botanical names. Supplement Two |date=2023-01-01 |language=English}}</ref>
==Distribution== This genus is mainly distributed in Japan, but ''Y. japonica'' is also found in India (Assam), China, and Taiwan and ''Y. prainii'' is found in the Himalayas and in northern Vietnam.
==Species== Species recognized as of November 2020:<ref name=wcsp/> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px ||''Yoania amagiensis'' <small>Nakai & F.Maek, 1931</small>||Honshu, Kyushu |- |120px || ''Yoania flava'' <small>K.Inoue & T.Yukawa, 2002</small>||Honshu |- |120px ||''Yoania japonica'' <small>Maxim., 1873</small>||Assam, Fujian, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Japan |- | || ''Yoania pingbianensis'' <small>Z.J.Liu, G.Q.Zhang & M.He Li, 2016</small>||Yunnan, Vietnam |- | ||''Yoania prainii'' <small>King & Pantl.,1898</small>|| Sikkim, Assam, northeastern India, Vietnam |- |}
; <nowiki>Species formerly included:</nowiki>: *''Yoania aberrans'' Finet, 1900: synonym of ''Cymbidium macrorhizon'' Lindl., 1833 *''Yoania australis'' Hatch, 1963: synonym of ''Danhatchia australis'' (Hatch) Garay & Christenson, 1995
==See also== *List of Orchidaceae genera
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Wikispecies-inline}} *{{Commons-inline}}
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Category:Calypsoinae Category:Calypsoinae genera Category:Orchids of Asia Category:Taxa named by Karl Maximovich
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