Risleya

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Malaxideae
Genus: Risleya
Species: R. atropurpurea

Name

Risleya King & Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 246 (1898)

• monotypic taxon

References

• King, G. & Pantling, R. (1898) Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden. Calcutta 8: 246.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 481 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 
• 'eFloras 2009. Risleya in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Risleya
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Risleya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Mar. 5. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2013. Risleya in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 25.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Risleya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Mar. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Risleya. Published online. Accessed: 5. Mar. 2013.
• The Plant List 2013. Risleya in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Jun. 20.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate  Regional: China China South-Central, Tibet. Continental: Asia-Tropical  Regional: Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Myanmar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Рислейа
中文: 紫茎兰属

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