Bulbophyllum vaginatum

The Vagina Bulbophyllum (Bulbophyllum vaginatum) is a species of orchid.

Vagina Bulbophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Genus:
Bulbophyllum
Species:
B. vaginatum
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum vaginatum
(Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1861)
Synonyms
  • Cirrhopetalum vaginatum Lindl. (1830) (Basionym)
  • Cirrhopetalum caudatum Wight (1851)
  • Cirrhopetalum stramineum Teijsm. & Binn. (1862)
  • Phyllorkis vaginata (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Cirrhopetalum whiteanum Rolfe (1895)
  • Bulbophyllum whiteanum (Rolfe) J.J.Sm. (1912)

B. vaginatum contains the two phenanthrenes 4,9-dimethoxyphenanthrene-2,5-diol and 4,6-dimethoxyphenanthrene-2,3,7-triol, and the two dihydrophenanthrenes 4-methoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-2,3,7-triol and 4,6-dimethoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-2,3,7-triol.[1]

References
  1. Phenanthrenes, dihydrophenanthrenes and bibenzyls from the orchid Bulbophyllum vaginatum. Leong Y-W, KAng C-C, Harrison LJ and Powell AD, Phytochemistry, 1997, vol. 44, no 1, pages 157-165, INIST:2557322


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