Eriaxis

Eriaxis rigida
	Eriaxis rigida; 1900 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Vanilloideae
Tribe:	Vanilleae
Genus:	Eriaxis; Rchb.f.
Species:	E. rigida
Binomial name
	Eriaxis rigida; Rchb.f.
Synonyms
	Galeola rigida (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Epistephium regis-alberti Kraenzl. in H.G.Reichenbach;

Eriaxis is a monotypic genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. The sole species is Eriaxis rigida, endemic to New Caledonia.^[2]^[3] Its closest relative is Clematepistephium,^[4] also endemic to New Caledonia.

References

^ Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach. 1900. Epistephium regis-alberti, Xenia orchidace vol. 3 tab. 291
^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. 1876. Linnaea 41: 63
^ Cameron, K. M. (2009) On the Value of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene Sequences for Reconstructing the Phylogeny of Vanilloid Orchids (Vanilloideae, Orchidaceae). Annals of Botany 104 (3): 377–85.

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