Biology:Polystachya bifida
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Short description: Species of plant
| Polystachya bifida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Polystachya |
| Species: | P. bifida
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| Binomial name | |
| Polystachya bifida | |
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Polystachya bifida is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native from south-east Nigeria to west-central tropical Africa.[1] It was first described by John Lindley in 1862.[2]
Distribution
Conservation
Polystachya farinosa was assessed as "endangered" in the 2017 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Cameroon.[3] (As of February 2023), P. farinosa was regarded as a synonym of Polystachya bifida, which has a much wider distribution.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Polystachya bifida Lindl.", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:654235-1, retrieved 2023-02-11
- ↑ "Polystachya bifida Lindl.", The International Plant Names Index, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=654235-1, retrieved 2023-02-11
- ↑ Simo-Droissart, M.; Stévart, T.; Pollard, B.J.; Darbyshire, I.; Droissart, V. (2020). "Polystachya farinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T46366A87751385. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T46366A87751385.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/46366/87751385. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
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