Dossinia

Dossinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. At the present time (June 2014), only one species is accepted, Dossinia marmorata, endemic to Borneo.[1]

Dossinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Goodyerinae
Genus: Dossinia
C.Morren
Species:
D. marmorata
Binomial name
Dossinia marmorata
Synonyms[1]
  • Cheirostylis marmorata (C.Morren) Lindl. ex Lem
  • Macodes marmorata (C.Morren) Rchb.f.
  • Anoectochilus lowii E.J.Lowe & W.Howard
  • Ludisia argyroneura Miq.
  • Anoectochilus lowii var. virescens B.S.Williams
  • Macodes lowii (E.J.Lowe & W.Howard) J.J.Wood

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • 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
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