Lepidogyne
{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}
{{Speciesbox
| 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
| synonyms =
- Neottia longifolia Blume
- Spiranthes longifolia (Blume) Lindl.
- Lepidogyne minor Schltr.
- Lepidogyne sceptrum Schltr.
}}
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
{{Reflist}}
- 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
External links
- {{Commons-inline|Lepidogyne|Lepidogyne}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Lepidogyne|Lepidogyne}}
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Category:Monotypic Orchidoideae genera
Category:Orchids of New Guinea
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