Lepidogyne

Lepidogyne is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Lepidogyne longifolia, native to New Guinea and to Southeast Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra).[1]

Lepidogyne
1858 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Goodyerinae
Genus: Lepidogyne
Blume
Species:
L. longifolia
Binomial name
Lepidogyne longifolia
(Blume) Blume
Synonyms[1]
  • Neottia longifolia Blume
  • Spiranthes longifolia (Blume) Lindl.
  • Lepidogyne minor Schltr.
  • Lepidogyne sceptrum Schltr.

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Blume, C.L. von, (1859). Collection des Orchidées 93.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1–358. Oxford University Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart


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