Orchipedum (orchid)

Orchipedum
Orchipedum plantaginifolium
1829 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Goodyerinae
Genus: Orchipedum
Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 2: t. 10 (1829)
Type species
Orchipedum plantaginifolium
Breda
Synonyms[2]
  • Queteletia Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 117 (1859)
  • Philippinaea Schltr. & Ames in O.Ames, Orchidaceae 6: 278 (1920)

Orchipedum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains three known species, all native to Southeast Asia.[2][3]

  1. Orchipedum echinatum Aver. & Averyanova - Vietnam
  2. Orchipedum plantaginifolium Breda - Thailand, Java, Peninsular Malaysia
  3. Orchipedum wenzelii (Ames) J.J.Sm. - Philippines


See also

References

  1. Kuhl Heinrich - Genera et species orchidearum et asclepiadearum quas in itinere per insulam Java
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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