Amesiella minor
| Amesiella minor | |
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| Flower of Amesiella minor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Amesiella |
| Species: | A. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Amesiella minor Senghas
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Amesiella minor is the smallest species of the genus Amesiella. These miniature epiphytic orchids are native to the Philippines.[1][2] This species grows on the island of Luzon at heights of 1200 m a.s.l.[3] It was described by Karlheinz Senghas in 1999.[3] These monopodial herbs form small, leathery leaves.[4] Amesiella has white flowers with long spurs.[5] The morphology of the spur suggests moth pollination.[6] The flowers have two gold coloured, vertical stripes on the lateral lobes of the labellum, which is similar to Amesiella philippinensis. The flowers of Amesiella minor are considerably smaller, which is also referred to in the specific epithet "minor", which means "small" in Latin. Up to two flowers with short spurs are formed on short racemes.
References[]
- ^ "Amesiella minor Senghas | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
- ^ "Amesiella minor Senghas - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org.
- ^ a b "Amesiella minor | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org.
- ^ Teoh E.S. (2021) Amesiella Schltr. ex Garay. In: Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 1 (A - E). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58872-4_9
- ^ Eur. J. Entomol. 112(2): 393–397, 2015 doi: 10.14411/eje.2015.031 ISSN 1210-5759 (print), 1802-8829 (online)
- ^ Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3) Alec M. Pridgeon / Phillip J. Cribb / Mark W. Chase / Finn N. Rasmussen 2014 OUP Oxford ISBN 978-0-19-100389-9
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