Ceratandra

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants belonging to the orchid family}}

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| image = Ceratandra bicolor - Icones Orchidearum Austro-Africanarum - vol. 3 plate 87 (1913).jpg

| image_caption = Ceratandra bicolor

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| taxon = Ceratandra

| authority = Lindl. in F.A.Bauer & J.Lindley

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| synonyms =

  • Ceratandropsis Rolfe in W.H.Harvey
  • Evota (Lindl.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey

|range_map = Ceratandra distribution map.png

|range_map_caption = Distribution

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Ceratandra is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 known species, all endemic to South Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=36816 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

  1. Ceratandra atrata (L.) T.Durand & Schinz
  2. Ceratandra bicolor Sond. ex Bolus
  3. Ceratandra globosa Lindl.
  4. Ceratandra grandiflora Lindl.
  5. Ceratandra harveyana Lindl.
  6. Ceratandra venosa (Lindl.) Schltr.

See also

References

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  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. 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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Category:Orchids of South Africa

Category:Orchideae genera

Category:Coryciinae

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