Taprobanea

Taprobanea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There is only one known species, Taprobanea spathulata, native to India and to Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Taprobanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Orchidoideae
Genus:
Taprobanea

Christenson
Species:
T. spathulata
Binomial name
Taprobanea spathulata
(L.) Christenson
Synonyms[1]
  • Epidendrum spathulatum L.
  • Limodorum spathulatum (L.) Willd.
  • Cymbidium spathulatum (L.) Moon
  • Vanda spathulata (L.) Spreng.
  • Aerides maculata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in A.Rees

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Christenson, Eric Alston. 1992. Lindleyana 7: 90-91


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