Listrostachys

Listrostachys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Many species have been placed in the genus over the years, most of them now transferred to other groups. At present (June 2014), only one species remains in the genus: Listrostachys pertusa. It is native to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo-Kinshasa.[1]

Listrostachys
An 1854 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aerangidinae
Genus: Listrostachys
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Species:
L. pertusa
Binomial name
Listrostachys pertusa
Synonyms[1]
  • Angraecum pertusum Lindl.
  • Angorchis pertusa (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Listrostachys jenischiana Rchb.f.
  • Listrostachys behnickiana Kraenzl.

See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Reichenbach, H.G. (1852) Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 930.
  • Berg Pana, H. (2005) Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 404 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-964651-7


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