Biology:Herpysma

Short description: Genus of orchids

Herpysma
Herpysma longicaulis Plate 367 in: G. King & R. Pantling The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya (1898)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Goodyerinae
Genus:	Herpysma Lindl.
Species:	H. longicaulis
Binomial name
Herpysma longicaulis Lindl.
Synonyms
Physurus bracteatus Blume Erythrodes bracteata (Blume) Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach Herpysma sumatrana Carr Herpysma bracteata (Blume) J.J.Sm.

Herpysma is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Herpysma longicaulis, native to Southeast Asia (Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Sumatra, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam).

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Lindley, J. (1833) Edwards's Botanical Register 19: , sub pl. 1618.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 98 ff. Oxford University Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

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