Gennaria

Gennaria

Gennaria diphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Genus:	Gennaria Parl.
Species:	G. diphylla
Binomial name
*Gennaria diphylla* (Link) Parl.
Synonyms^[1]
Satyrium diphyllum Link Gymnadenia diphylla (Link) Link Platanthera diphylla (Link) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach Coeloglossum diphyllum (Link) Fiori & Paol. in A.Fiori & al. Orchis diphylla (Link) Samp. Orchis cordifolia Munby

Gennaria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Gennaria diphylla, native to the region from the western Mediterranean and Macaronesia (Canary Islands, Madeira, Portugal, Spain, the Balearic Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Sardinia, Tuscany).^[1]^[2]

Gennaria diphylla was illustrated (as Habenaria cordata) in plate 3164 of Curtis' Botanical Magazine, 1832.

References

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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