Orestias (Orchidaceae) elegans

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Orestias
Species: Orestias elegans

Name edit

Orestias elegans Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 197 (1887).

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Not to be confused with the cyprionodontiform fish Orestias elegans.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Gulf of Guinea Islands.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Ridley, H.N. 1887. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 24: 197.

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