Ambrella (orchid)

Ambrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Alliance: Angraecum
Genus: Ambrella
H. Perrier
Species
  • Ambrella longituba

Ambrella, is a monotypic genus in the orchid family. The single species, A. longituba is native to Madagascar. It is known only from the type specimen collected and described by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie in 1934.[1]

References

  1. ^ Stewart, Joyce; Hermans, Johan; and Campbell, Bob Ian Martin. "Angraecoid orchids: species from the African region". Timber Press, Inc. (2006). p. 156-157.