Adrorhizon

Adrorhizon purpurascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Adrorhizinae
Genus: Adrorhizon
Hook.f.
Species: A. purpurascens
Binomial name
Adrorhizon purpurascens
Hook.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dendrobium purpurascens Thwaites
  • Coelogyne purpurascens (Thwaites) Hook.f.
  • Pleione purpurascens (Thwaites) Kuntze

Adrorhizon purpurascens is a species of orchid (family Orchidaceae).[2] It is the only species in the genus Adrorhizon and one of three genera in the subtribe Adrorhizinae.[3]

The genus is native to southern India and Sri Lanka.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=3341, Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Adrorhizon purpurascens synonymy
  2. ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1898. Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon 4: 161
  3. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2014). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 6. Oxford Univ. Press.
  4. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Adrorhizon


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