Rhinerrhiza

Rasp root orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Rhinerrhiza
Rupp
Species: R. divitiflora
Binomial name
Rhinerrhiza divitiflora
(F.Muell. ex Benth.) Rupp
Synonyms[1]
  • Sarcochilus divitiflorus F.Muell. ex Benth
  • Thrixspermum divitiflorum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Rchb.f.
  • Sarcochilus freemanii Rchb.f.
  • Thrixspermum freemanii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
  • Rhinerrhiza freemanii (Rchb.f.) Garay

Rhinerrhiza the rasp root orchid, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There is, as of June 2014, only one known species, Rhinerrhiza divitiflora, endemic to Australia. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Rupp, Herman Montague Rucker. 1951. Victorian Naturalist; Journal and Magazine of the Field naturalist's Club of Victoria 67: 206.

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