Graphorkis

Graphorkis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 known species, native to Africa and to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean.[2]

Graphorkis
Graphorkis lurida
artist:Sarah Drake, 1836[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Cymbidiinae
Genus: Graphorkis
Thouars
Species [2]
  • Graphorkis concolor (Thouars) Kuntze
  • Graphorkis ecalcarata (Schltr.) Summerh.
  • Graphorkis lurida (Sw.) Kuntze
  • Graphorkis medemiae (Schltr.) Summerh.
Synonyms[2]
  • Eulophiopsis Pfitzer
  • Graphorchis Thouars

See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. Miss Drake (1803-1857) del. , J. Watts sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 21 plate 1821
  2. "Graphorkis". World Checklist of Orchidaceae. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  • Thouars, L-M.A. du Petit- (1809) Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1: 318.
  • 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. (2009) Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 71 ff. Oxford University Press.


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