Adrorhizon

Adrorhizon purpurascens is a species of orchid (family Orchidaceae).[2] It is the only species in the genus Adrorhizon and one of three genera in the subtribe Adrorhizinae.[3]

Adrorhizon purpurascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Vandeae
Subtribe:
Adrorhizinae
Genus:
Adrorhizon

Species:
A. purpurascens
Binomial name
Adrorhizon purpurascens
Synonyms[1]
  • Dendrobium purpurascens Thwaites
  • Coelogyne purpurascens (Thwaites) Hook.f.
  • Pleione purpurascens (Thwaites) Kuntze

The genus is native to southern India and Sri Lanka.[4]

References
  1. "Adrorhizon purpurascens (Thwaites) Hook.f. in H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 161 (1898): Synonyms". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1898. Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon 4: 161
  3. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2014). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 6. Oxford Univ. Press.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Adrorhizon


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