Lepidogyne

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

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| image = Lepidogyne longifolia - Karl Ludwig von Blume - Collection des Orchidées les plus remarquables de l'archipel Indien et du Japon (1858).jpg

| image_caption = 1858 illustration

| display_parents = 4

| genus = Lepidogyne

| parent_authority = Blume

| species = longifolia

| authority = (Blume) Blume

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| synonyms =

  • Neottia longifolia Blume
  • Spiranthes longifolia (Blume) Lindl.
  • Lepidogyne minor Schltr.
  • Lepidogyne sceptrum Schltr.

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Lepidogyne is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Lepidogyne longifolia, native to New Guinea and to Southeast Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=110846 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

See also

References

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  • Blume, C.L. von, (1859). Collection des Orchidées 93.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1–358. Oxford University Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart