Taprobanea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Taprobanea
Species: T. spathulata
Name

Taprobanea Christenson, Lindleyana 7: 90 (1992)

monotypic taxon

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India, Sri Lanka.

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

Christenson, E.A. 1992. Lindleyana 7: 90.

Additional references

Misra, S. 2016. Yellow Vanda - Vanda spathulata, an Uncommon Orchid from South India. Nelumbo 58: 114-118.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Taprobanea. Accessed: 2021 May 20.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Taprobanea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Taprobanea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Taprobanea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Taprobanea. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Taprobanea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 20.

Vernacular names

Taprobanea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There is only one known species, Taprobanea spathulata, native to India and to Sri Lanka.[1][2]
See also

List of Orchidaceae genera

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Christenson, Eric Alston. 1992. Lindleyana 7: 90-91