Rhaesteria

Rhaesteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aerangidinae
Genus: Rhaesteria
Summerh.
Species: R. eggelingii
Binomial name
Rhaesteria eggelingii
Summerh.

Rhaesteria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Rhaesteria eggelingii, native to Rwanda and Uganda.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Summerhayes, Victor Samuel. 1966. Kew Bulletin 20: 191.
  3. AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique.


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