Phalaenopsis doweryensis is a species of flowering plant in the Family Orchidaceae.[2] It is native to Borneo.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Phalaenopsis |
| Species: | P. doweryensis
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| Phalaenopsis doweryensis Garay & Christenson
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Description
editThis species of epiphytic, short-stemmed orchid has usually two fleshy, ovate-elliptic, obtuse leaves of variable sizes. Fleshy flowers with a greenish yellow ground colour and brown spotting are produced on erect, axillary racemes, which may reach lengths of 20 cm, but are usually shorter than the leaves. The specific epithet doweryensis refers to the Dowery Orchid Nursery, from which the type specimen was acquired, which was collected from the wild in Sabah, East Malaysia.[3]
Taxonomy
editThis species is placed within the subgenus Polychilos in the section Amboinenses as part of the Gigantea complex. It is suspected of being a hybrid of Phalaenopsis gigantea and Phalaenopsis cochlearis or Phalaenopsis kunstleri.[4] However, it could not be concluded on the basis of morphological and genetic evidence, that this species is a hybrid of Phalaenopsis gigantea and Phalaenopsis cochlearis or Phalaenopsis kunstleri. At least not a F1-hybrid.[5]
Conservation
editThis species is protected unter the CITES appendix II regulations of international trade.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Phalaenopsis doweryensis Garay & Christenson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Phalaenopsis doweryensis Garay & Christenson". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Christenson, E. A. (2001). Phalaenopsis: a monograph. Timber Press (OR).
- ^ Tsai, C. C., & Chou, C. H. (2007). Molecular phylogenetics of Phalaenopsis taxa: an updated review. Orchid Sci Biotechnol, 1, 44-50.
- ^ Goh, M. W. K., Kumar, P. P., Lim, S. H., and Tan, H. T. W. 2005.Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of the moth orchids, Phalaenopsis (Epidendroideae: Orchidaceae). Euphytica 141: 11-22.
- ^ "Phalaenopsis". CITES.
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