Biology:Listrostachys

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Short description: Genus of orchids

Listrostachys
Listrostachys pertusa (as Angraecum pertusum) - Curtis' 80 (Ser. 3 no. 10) pl. 4782 (1854).jpg
An 1854 illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Genus: Listrostachys
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Species:
L. pertusa
Binomial name
Listrostachys pertusa
Synonyms[1]
  • Angraecum pertusum Lindl.
  • Angorchis pertusa (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Listrostachys jenischiana Rchb.f.
  • Listrostachys behnickiana Kraenzl.

Listrostachys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Many species have been placed in the genus over the years, most of them now transferred to other groups. At present (June 2014), only one species remains in the genus: Listrostachys pertusa. It is native to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo-Kinshasa.[1]

See also

References

  • Reichenbach, H.G. (1852) Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 930.
  • Berg Pana, H. (2005) Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 404 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN:978-0-19-964651-7

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