Dickasonia

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Tribe:
Arethuseae
Subtribe:
Coelogyninae
Genus:
Dickasonia

L.O.Williams
Species:
D. vernicosa
Binomial name
Dickasonia vernicosa
L.O.Williams
Synonyms[1]
  • Kalimpongia Pradhan
  • Kalimpongia narajitii Pradhan

See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • 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.


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