Cottonia

Cottonia peduncularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Cottonia
Species: C. peduncularis

Name

Cottonia Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(1): 21 (1851)

• monotypic taxon

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 168 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Wight, R. (1851) Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 5: 21.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cottonia. Accessed: 2022 Oct 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cottonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cottonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cottonia. Published online. Accessed: 21 Oct 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cottonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

мокшень: Коттоние
кырык мары: Коттони

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