Silvorchis
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| (unranked): | Monocots
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| Genus: | Silvorchis J.J.Sm.
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| Species: | S. colorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Silvorchis colorata J.J.Sm.
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Silvorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Only one species is known, Silvorchis colorata, endemic to Java. This is a holomycotrophic species, completely lacking in chlorophyll.[1][2]
Silvorchis was previously included in the subtribe Epipogiinae, but is now placed in Orchidinae.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- ^ Chase, Mark W.; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Freudenstein, John V.; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Salazar, Gerardo; van den Berg, Cássio; Schuiteman, André (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234. ISSN 0024-4074.
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- Orchids of Java
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