Biermannia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern India, China and Southeast Asia.[1]

Biermannia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Biermannia
King & Pantl.
Type species
Biermannia quinquecallosa
King & Pantl.

Species

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The following species are accepted as of May 2014:[1]

  1. Biermannia arunachalensis A.N.Rao - Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Biermannia bigibba (Schltr.) Garay - Sumatra
  3. Biermannia bimaculata (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl. - Bhutan, Assam
  4. Biermannia calcarata Aver. - Guangxi, Vietnam
  5. Biermannia ciliata (Ridl.) Garay - Thailand, Malaysia
  6. Biermannia flava (Carr) Garay - Pahang
  7. Biermannia jainiana S.N.Hegde & A.N.Rao - Arunachal Pradesh
  8. Biermannia laciniata (Carr) Garay - Malaysia
  9. Biermannia longicheila [2]
  10. Biermannia quinquecallosa King & Pantl. - Assam
  11. Biermannia sarcanthoides (Ridl.) Garay - Johor
  12. Biermannia sigaldii Seidenf. - Vietnam

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Biermannia longicheila (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae), a new species from southern Vietnam Averyanov LV , Nuraliev MS , Kuznetsov AN , Kuznetsova SP Phytotaxa 343 9/3/2018 2 Magnolia Press. Pp: 194 - 198 doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.343.2.11
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart