Dracomonticola

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| image = Harry Bolus - Orchids of South Africa - volume I plate 060 (1896) cropped.jpg

| image_caption = Botanical illustration of Dracomonticola virginea by Harry Bolus

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| genus = Dracomonticola

| parent_authority = H.P.Linder & Kurzweil

| species = virginea

| authority = (Bolus) H.P.Linder & Kurzweil

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| synonyms =

  • Platanthera virginea Bolus
  • Gymnadenia virginea (Bolus) Kraenzl.
  • Brachycorythis virginea (Bolus) Rolfe
  • Neobolusia virginea (Bolus) Schltr.

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Dracomonticola is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Dracomonticola virginea, native to Lesotho and South Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=63953 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 1-416. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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