Lemurorchis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Lemurorchis
Species: L. madagascariensis
Name

Lemurorchis Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 58 (1893)

monotypic taxon

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Kraenzlin, F.W.L. 1893. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 17: 58.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 401 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lemurorchis. Accessed: 2020 Sep 3.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lemurorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 3. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lemurorchis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Lemurorchis. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sep 2020.
The Plant List 2013. Lemurorchis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 3.
Tropicos.org 2020. Lemurorchis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sep 2020.

Vernacular names

Lemurorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Lemurorchis madagascariensis, an epiphyte endemic to Madagascar.[1]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (1893) Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 17: 58.
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 401 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-964651-7