Biermannia
| Biermannia | |
|---|---|
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| Biermannia jainiana flower | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Vandeae |
| Subtribe: | Aeridinae |
| Genus: | Biermannia King & Pantl. |
| Type species | |
| Biermannia quinquecallosa King & Pantl. | |
Biermannia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern India, China and Southeast Asia. Sir George King and Robert Pantling erected this genus in memory of Adolph Biermann who was the curator of Botanical garden in Kolkata.
Species
The following species are accepted as of May 2014:
- Biermannia arunachalensis A.N.Rao - Arunachal Pradesh
- Biermannia bigibba (Schltr.) Garay - Sumatra
- Biermannia bimaculata (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl. - Bhutan, Assam
- Biermannia calcarata Aver. - Guangxi, Vietnam
- Biermannia ciliata (Ridl.) Garay - Thailand, Malaysia
- Biermannia flava (Carr) Garay - Pahang
- Biermannia jainiana S.N.Hegde & A.N.Rao - Arunachal Pradesh
- Biermannia laciniata (Carr) Garay - Malaysia
- Biermannia quinquecallosa King & Pantl. - Assam
- Biermannia sarcanthoides (Ridl.) Garay - Johor
- Biermannia sigaldii Seidenf. - Vietnam
See also
References
Wikispecies has information related to Biermannia.
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ King, Sir George; Pantlin, Robert (1898). "The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya". Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Vol. v.8:pt.1-2 (1898). Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. p. 199.
- ↑ Biermannia longicheila (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae), a new species from southern Vietnam Averyanov LV, Nuraliev MS, Kuznetsov AN, Kuznetsova SP Phytotaxa 343 9/3/2018 2 Magnolia Press. Pp: 194 - 198 doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.343.2.11
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
- Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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