Bulbophyllum sect. Acrochaene

Bulbophyllum sect. Acrochaene is a section of the genus Bulbophyllum.[1]

Bulbophyllum sect. Acrochaene
Bulbophyllum dayanum from Curtis Botanical Magazine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Section: Bulbophyllum sect. Acrochaene
(Lindl.) J.J. Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014
Type species
Bulbophyllum kingii
Hook.f. 1890
Species

See text

Synonyms

Acrochaene Lindley 1853

Description

Species in this section are creeping rhizomatous epiphytes with a single flower with 3 vein petals and 4 pollinas

Distribution

Plants from this section are found from India to Vietnam and South to Thailand.

Species

Bulbophyllum section Acrochaene comprises the following species:

ImageNameDistributionElevation (m)
Bulbophyllum dayanum Rchb. f. 1865India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand700–1,300 metres (2,300–4,300 ft)
Bulbophyllum kingii Hook.f. 1890Assam, the eastern Himalayas, Myanmar and Thailand1,300–2,200 metres (4,300–7,200 ft)
Bulbophyllum sigaldiae Guillaumin 1955Vietnam and Thailand900–1,500 metres (3,000–4,900 ft)

References
  1. "Bulbophyllum sect. Acrochaene". Tropicos. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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