Listrostachys

Listrostachys pertusa
An 1854 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aerangidinae
Genus: Listrostachys
Rchb.f.
Species: L. pertusa
Binomial name
Listrostachys pertusa
(Lindl.) Rchb.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Angraecum pertusum Lindl.
  • Angorchis pertusa (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Listrostachys jenischiana Rchb.f.
  • Listrostachys behnickiana Kraenzl.

Listrostachys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Many species have been placed in the genus over the years, most of them now transferred to other groups. At present (June 2014), only one species remains in the genus: Listrostachys pertusa. It is native to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo-Kinshasa.[1]

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