Aerides emericii is a species of epiphytic orchid.[1] It is endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal (politically part of India though closer to Myanmar, Thailand and Sumatra).[2]
Aerides emericii | |
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from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1882 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Aerides |
Species: | A. emericii
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Binomial name | |
Aerides emericii Rchb.f. (1882)
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References
edit- ^ Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. 1882. Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 18: 586.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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