Taprobanea

Taprobanea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There is only one known species, Taprobanea spathulata, native to India and to Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Taprobanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Taprobanea
Christenson
Species:
T. spathulata
Binomial name
Taprobanea spathulata
(L.) Christenson
Synonyms[1]
  • Epidendrum spathulatum L.
  • Limodorum spathulatum (L.) Willd.
  • Cymbidium spathulatum (L.) Moon
  • Vanda spathulata (L.) Spreng.
  • Aerides maculata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in A.Rees

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Christenson, Eric Alston. 1992. Lindleyana 7: 90-91


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.