Biology:Vanda roeblingiana

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Short description: Species of orchid

Vanda roeblingiana
V. roeblingiana plant and flowers
Plant and flowers
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Vanda
Species:
V. roeblingiana
Binomial name
Vanda roeblingiana
Rolfe (1894)[1]

Vanda roeblingiana, Roebelen's vanda, is a species of orchid endemic to the mountain provinces of the island of Luzon in the Philippines .[2] Hugh Low, a British colonial administrator and naturalist introduced the plant to London in 1893.[3] The next year, Robert Allen Rolfe, an English botanist formally described the plant and thought it was originally collected from the vicinity of Singapore or Peninsular Malaysia.[4] Low, who works in Clapton Nursery had collecting expedition to Southeast Asia with Singapore as headquarter.

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See also

  • List of the orchids of the Philippines

References

  1. "Plant name details". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/661059-1. 
  2. Teoh, Eng-Soon (2005). "Orchids of Asia". Times Editions-Marshall Cavendish Third Edition: 234. https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9812610154. Retrieved 6 December 2018. 
  3. Bulletin of miscellaneous information (1894 ed.). London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 1894. p. 365. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127108#page/369/mode/1up. Retrieved 6 December 2018. 
  4. Cootes, Jim; Boos, Ronny (September 25, 2016). "Three unique Philippine Vanda species". Manila Bulletin. https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-bulletin/20160925/281530815502929. Retrieved 6 December 2018. 


Wikidata ☰ Q15472035 entry