Adrorhizon
| Adrorhizon purpurascens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Vandeae |
| Subtribe: | Adrorhizinae |
| Genus: | Adrorhizon Hook.f. |
| Species: | A. purpurascens |
| Binomial name | |
| Adrorhizon purpurascens Hook.f. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Adrorhizon purpurascens is a species of orchid (family Orchidaceae).[2] It is the only species in the genus Adrorhizon and one of three genera in the subtribe Adrorhizinae.[3]
The genus is native to southern India and Sri Lanka.[4]
References
- ↑ http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=3341, Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Adrorhizon purpurascens synonymy
- ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1898. Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon 4: 161
- ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2014). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 6. Oxford Univ. Press.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Adrorhizon
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