Smithsonia viridiflora

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Smithsonia viridiflora']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Smithsonia viridiflora'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Smithsonia • Species: Smithsonia viridiflora (Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha (1974)

Synonyms

Basionym Micropera viridiflora Dalzell, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 282 (1851) Homotypic synonyms Saccolabium viridiflorum (Dalzell) Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 36 (1858) Gastrochilus viridiflorus (Dalzell) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891) Sarcochilus viridiflorus (Dalzell) T.Cooke, Fl. Bombay 2: 697 (1907) Sarcochilus dalzellianus Santapau, Kew Bull. 3: 498 (1948 publ. 1949). Gastrochilus dalzellianus (Santapau) Santapau & Kapadia, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 59: 842 (1963) Aerides dalzelliana (Santapau) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 158 (1972)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Asia-Tropical  Regional: Indian Subcontinent India.

References

Description of taxon

• Saldanha, C.J. (1974) Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 71(1): 75.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 292 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199646517
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Smithsonia viridiflora.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Smithsonia viridiflora
• eMonocot link: Smithsonia viridiflora
• Tropicos link: Smithsonia viridiflora
• International Plant Names Index link: Smithsonia viridiflora
• The Plant List link: Smithsonia viridiflora