Biology:Rhipidoglossum pareense

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Short description: Species of plant

Rhipidoglossum pareense
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Rhipidoglossum
Species:
R. pareense
Binomial name
Rhipidoglossum pareense
P.J.Cribb & Hemp, 2022

Rhipidoglossum pareense is a species of orchid in the genus Rhipidoglossum that can be found in the South Pare Mountains and west Usambara Mountains of north-eastern Tanzania up to 1,500 meters in altitude. It can reach these altitudes due to the humid and foggy climate of the mountains it lives in. R. pareense is just a few centimeters tall and has small white flowers that grow from the plant. It was named after the Pare Mountains, where it was discovered.[1]

The species belonged to a group of species thought to be part of the orchid genus Margelliantha and was noted by its dwarf habit, short stem, and inflorescence of few campanulate flowers.[2][3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q113541486 entry