Dickasonia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There is only one known species, Dickasonia vernicosa, which is native to the Himalayas from Darjeeling, through Bhutan and Assam to Myanmar.[1]
Dickasonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Arethuseae |
Subtribe: | Coelogyninae |
Genus: | Dickasonia L.O.Williams |
Species: | D. vernicosa
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Binomial name | |
Dickasonia vernicosa L.O.Williams
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Synonyms[1] | |
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See also
editReferences
edit- Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 56ff. Oxford University Press.
External links
edit- Media related to Dickasonia at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Dickasonia at Wikispecies
- IOSPE orchid photos
- Marni Turkel, Mostly Species Orchids and Flasks (Santa Rosa California USA), Dickasonia vernicosa outcross
- Terragalleria studio photo
- Au Jardin de Minique, Dickasonia