Orestias (Orchidaceae) elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Orestias
Species: Orestias elegans

Name

Orestias elegans Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 197 (1887)

• Type species:

Note:

Not to be confused with the cyprionodontiform fish Orestias elegans.

References

• Ridley, H.N. (1887) Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 24: 197.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 479 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Orestias elegans in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 July 11. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2015. Orestias (Orchidaceae) elegans in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 July 11.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Orestias elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 July 11.
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Orestias elegans. Published online. Accessed 11. July 2015.
• The Plant List 2013. Orestias elegans in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 July 11.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Gulf of Guinea Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition