Schuitemania

Schuitemania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Goodyerinae
Genus: Schuitemania
Ormerod
Species: S. merrillii
Binomial name
Schuitemania merrillii
(Ames) Ormerod
Synonyms[1]
  • Herpysma merrillii Ames
  • Erythrodes merrillii (Ames) Ames
  • Kuhlhasseltia halconensis J.J.Wood

Schuitemania is a genus of terrestrial orchids spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Only one species is known, Schuitemania merrillii, endemic to the Philippines.,[1] Named after Orchid Specialist and Lead botanist for Asia, André Schuiteman[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/science-directory/people/schuiteman-andre


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