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
| display_parents = 4
| genus = Dracomonticola
| parent_authority = H.P.Linder & Kurzweil
| species = virginea
| authority = (Bolus) H.P.Linder & Kurzweil
| synonyms =
- Platanthera virginea Bolus
- Gymnadenia virginea (Bolus) Kraenzl.
- Brachycorythis virginea (Bolus) Rolfe
- Neobolusia virginea (Bolus) Schltr.
}}
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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External links
- [http://www.africanorchids.dk/orchidoideae/tribe-orchideae/subtribe-orchidinae/dracomonticola African Orchids, Dracomonticola virginea]
- [http://www.africanbulbs.com/Dracomonticola%20virginea22-11-08.jpg Cameron & Rhoda McMaster's African Bulbs, South African Orchid Gallery, Dracomonticola virginea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223848/http://www.africanbulbs.com/Dracomonticola%20virginea22-11-08.jpg |date=2016-03-03 }}
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Category:Orchids of South Africa
Category:Monotypic Orchidoideae genera
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