Biology:Galeola faberi

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Short description: Species of orchid

Galeola faberi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Vanilloideae
Genus: Galeola
Species:
G. faberi
Binomial name
Galeola faberi
Rolfe

Galeola faberi is an orchid species in the genus Galeola found in central and southern China , as well as in Nepal, the eastern Himalayas, Vietnam and Sumatra.[1][2]

The phenolic compounds p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 4,4'-dihydroxy-diphenyl methane, 2,4-bis(4-hydroxybenzyl) phenol, 5-methoxy-3-(2-phenyl-E-ethenyl)-2,4-bis (4-hydroxybenzyl) phenol (IV), p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol (V), 4-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy) benzyl alcohol (gastrodin), bis[4-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy) benzyl] (S)-2-isopropylmalate and bis [4-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy) benzyl] (S)-2-sec-butylmalate can be isolated from the rhizome of G. faberi.[3]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China, v 25 p 170, 山珊瑚 shan shan hu , Galeola faberi
  3. Li, Y. M.; Zhou, Z. L.; Hong, Y. F. (1993). "(title in Chinese)" (in Chinese). Yao Xue Xue Bao = Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 28 (10): 766–771. PMID 8009989. 

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