Biology:Dipodium scandens

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Short description: Species of orchid

Dipodium scandens
Die Orchideen von Java - fig. 369-371 (1911).jpg
As illustrated in Die Orchideen von Java, 1911
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Dipodium
Species:
D. scandens
Binomial name
Dipodium scandens
(Blume) J.J.Sm[1]
Synonyms[2]

Hydranthus scandens (Blume) Kuhl & Hasselt ex Rchb.f. in Xenia Orchid. 2: 20 (1862) Leopardanthus scandens Blume in Rumphia 4: 47 (1849)

Dipodium scandens is an orchid species that is native to western Java in Indonesia.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was formally described in 1849 by Germany -Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume who gave it the name Leopardanthus scandens. It was given its current name by Dutch botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith in 1905.<ref name=powo>

Distribution

Plants of the World Online lists the distribution of this species as western Java.[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15451729 entry