Sirhookera

Sirhookera is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Two species are known, native to India and Sri Lanka.[1]

  • Sirhookera lanceolata (Wight) Kuntze 1891 - India and Sri Lanka
  • Sirhookera latifolia (Wight) Kuntze 1891 - India and Sri Lanka

Sirhookera
Sirhookera hybrid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Vandeae
Subtribe:
Adrorhizinae
Genus:
Sirhookera

Kuntze
Synonyms[1][2]

Josephia Wight, 1851, illegitimate homonym, not R.Br. 1809 nor Steud.1840

See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, search for genus name Josephia


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