Herpysma

Herpysma
Herpysma longicaulis Plate 367 in:
G. King & R. Pantling
The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya
(1898)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Goodyerinae
Genus: Herpysma
Lindl.
Species:
H. longicaulis
Binomial name
Herpysma longicaulis
Synonyms
  • Physurus bracteatus Blume
  • Erythrodes bracteata (Blume) Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach
  • Herpysma sumatrana Carr
  • Herpysma bracteata (Blume) J.J.Sm.

Herpysma is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Herpysma longicaulis, native to Southeast Asia (Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Sumatra, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam).

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