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Ambrella longituba

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Ambrella
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Angraecum
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Ambrella

Binomial name
Ambrella longituba
H. Perrier

Ambrella is a monotypic genus in the orchid family.[1] The single species, Ambrella longituba is endemic to Madagascar, and very rare, possibly extinct.[2] It is known only from the type specimen collected and described by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie in 1934.[3]

References

  1. ^ Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie. 1934. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 81: 655.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Stewart, Joyce; Hermans, Johan; and Campbell, Bob Ian Martin. "Angraecoid orchids: species from the African region". Timber Press, Inc. (2006). p. 156-157.
  • Data related to Ambrella at Wikispecies