Lepidogyne

Lepidogyne
1858 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Goodyerinae
Genus:	Lepidogyne Blume
Species:	L. longifolia
Binomial name
Lepidogyne longifolia (Blume) Blume
Synonyms[1]
Neottia longifolia Blume Spiranthes longifolia (Blume) Lindl. Lepidogyne minor Schltr. Lepidogyne sceptrum Schltr.

Lepidogyne is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Lepidogyne longifolia, native to New Guinea and to Southeast Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra).^[1]

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Blume, C.L. von, (1859). Collection des Orchidées 93.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Media related to Lepidogyne at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Lepidogyne at Wikispecies