Dithrix

Dithrix griffithii
Dithrix griffithii
1896 illustration from
Hooker's Icones Plantarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Dithrix
(Hook.f.) Schltr. ex Brummitt
Species: D. griffithii
Binomial name
Dithrix griffithii
(Hook.f.) Ormerod & Gandhi
Synonyms[1]
  • Habenaria griffithii Hook.f.
  • Diphylax griffithii (Hook.f.) Kraenzl.
  • Habenaria decipiens Hook.f., invalid
  • Dithrix decipiens Soó, invalid

Dithrix is a genus of orchids. It contains only one known species, Dithrix griffithii, native to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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