Abdominea
| Tiny-flowered Abdominea | |
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| Abdominea minimiflora | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Vandeae |
| Subtribe: | Aeridinae |
| Alliance: | Trichoglottis |
| Genus: | Abdominea J.J.Sm. (1914) |
| Species: | A. minimiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Abdominea minimiflora (Hook.f.) J.J.Sm. (1917) | |
Abdominea minimiflora, or the Tiny-flowered Abdominea, is a very rare monopodial epiphytic orchid species and the only species of the monospecific genus Abdominea. It is distributed from Thailand to the Malay peninsula, Java, and the Philippines.
The name is derived from the Latin abdomen, meaning belly. It refers to the similarity between the shape of the labellum (lip) and the shape of the abdomen of an insect.
The species produces very small flowers, about 0.45 cm wide, on a racemose, many-flowered inflorescence.
References
External links
Media related to Abdominea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Abdominea at Wikispecies- IOSPE orchid photos Abdominea minimiflora
- Orchidiana, Abdominea minimiflora
- Siam Exotica Plants, Orchid of Thailand, Abdominea สกุล แอ็บโดมีเนีย ตั้งชื่อโดย Johannes Jacobus Smith (J.J.Sm.) นักพฤกษศาสตร์ ชาวเดนมาร์ก เมื่อปี พ.ศ.2457 ซึ่งตั้งชื่อสกุลมาจากภาษาลาตินว่า abdomen หมายถึง จะงอยที่ยื่นยาวเหนือแอ่งเกสรตัวเมีย
- Phytoimages, Jim Cootes, Orchidaceae Abdominea minimiflora
- Les Orchidées de sam, Abdominea
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