Polystachya
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| Polystachya | |
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| Polystachya laxiflora | |
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| Genus: | Polystachya |
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Polystachya, abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid,[2] is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is the type genus of the subtribe Polystachyinae. It contains about 100 species widespread across many of the tropical areas of the world.[1]
Selected species[edit]
- Polystachya bicalcarata
- Polystachya concreta
- Polystachya cooperi
- Polystachya cultriformis
- Polystachya elegans
- Polystachya farinosa
- Polystachya geniculata
- Polystachya kupensis
- Polystachya laxiflora
- Polystachya longiscapa Summerh.
- Polystachya maculata
- Polystachya oligophylla
- Polystachya puberula
- Polystachya rivae
- Polystachya subdiphylla
- Polystachya superposita
- Polystachya victoriae
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Polystachya". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
External links[edit]
Media related to Polystachya at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Polystachya at Wikispecies
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