Seidenfadenia

Seidenfadenia
Seidenfadenia mitrata
1868 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Seidenfadenia
Garay
Species: S. mitrata
Binomial name
Seidenfadenia mitrata
(Rchb.f.) Garay
Synonyms[2]

Aerides mitrata Rchb.f.

Seidenfadenia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.

Seidenfadenia and another orchid genus, Gunnarella, are named for Danish botanist Gunnar Seidenfaden.[3] At present (June 2014), there is only one known species, Seidenfadenia mitrata, native to Thailand and to Myanmar (Burma).[2][4]

See also

References

  1. Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911) - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 94 (Ser. 3 no. 24) pl. 5728
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Hansen, Eric (2000). Orchid Fever. London: Methuen Publishing Ltd. p. 214. ISBN 0413747409.
  4. Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
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