Biology:Dendrobium victoriae-reginae
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Short description: Species of orchid
| Queen Victoria's dendrobium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Dendrobium |
| Species: | D. victoriae-reginae
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrobium victoriae-reginae Loher[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Dendrobium victoriae-reginae (Queen Victoria's dendrobium) is a member of the family Orchidaceae endemic to the Philippines .[2]
Dendrobium victoriae-reginae is a small to medium-sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with thin, descending, clumping pseudobulbs that rarely branch and carry many, unsubdivided, pointed papery leaves, and inflorescences that are violet or purple with a darker tip and white center of 3 to 4 centimeters.[3] It is found in Montane ecoregion of the Philippines growing on moss covered trucks of Lithocarpus species at 1300 to 2700 meters in elevation.[3]
References
- ↑ "Plant name details". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/628914-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Orchids of the Philippines, J.Cootes 2001
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5256722 entry
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