Smithorchis

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Smithorchis calceoliformis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Genus: Smithorchis
Tang & F. T. Wang
Species: S. calceoliformis
Binomial name
Smithorchis calceoliformis
(W. W. Sm.) Tang & F. T. Wang
Synonyms

Herminium calceoliforme W. W. Sm.

Smithorchis is a monotypic genus contains the single species Smithorchis calceoliformis,[2] an orchid endemic to north-western Yunnan province, China.[3] Its closest relatives are the genera Diphylax and Herminium; it differs from them in having a long, creeping rhizome, and flowers which are non-resupinate (upside-down relative to those of most other orchids) and have no prominent rostellum.[2] It lives at altitudes of 3,200–4,000 metres (10,500–13,100 ft) in alpine grasslands.[3] It was originally described by William Wright Smith in 1921 as Herminium calceoliforme, having been collected by George Forrest in 1914 on the watershed between the Mekong and Yangtze rivers.[4] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Smithorchis calceoliformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved June 8, 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Xinqi Chen, Stephan W. Gale & Phillip J. Cribb. "33. Smithorchis Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 7: 139. 1936". p. 117.  In Wu et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Xinqi Chen, Stephan W. Gale & Phillip J. Cribb. "1. Smithorchis calceoliformis (W. W. Smith) Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 7: 140. 1936". p. 117.  In Wu et al. (2009).
  4. ↑ W. W. Smith (1921). "New orchids from Yunnan and northern Burma". Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 63–64: 189–222. 

Bibliography

  • Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan, ed. (2009). Orchidaceae. Flora of China 25. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 9781930723900. 

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