Adrorhizon

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

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| image =Adrorhizon purpurascens.png

| display_parents = 4

| genus = Adrorhizon

| parent_authority = Hook.f.

| species = purpurascens

| authority = Hook.f.

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/synonomy.do?name_id=3341 |title=Adrorhizon purpurascens (Thwaites) Hook.f. in H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 161 (1898): Synonyms |website=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |accessdate=21 May 2019}}

| synonyms =

• Dendrobium purpurascens Thwaites
• Coelogyne purpurascens (Thwaites) Hook.f.
• Pleione purpurascens (Thwaites) Kuntze

}}

Adrorhizon purpurascens is a species of orchid (family Orchidaceae).[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11308071#page/173/mode/1up Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1898. Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon 4: 161] It is the only species in the genus Adrorhizon and one of three genera in the subtribe Adrorhizinae.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2014). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 6. Oxford Univ. Press.

The genus is native to southern India and Sri Lanka.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=3340 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Adrorhizon ]