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Bartholina

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Bartholina

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Bartholina is an orchid genus native to South Africa and Namibia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyOrchidaceae
Observations recorded10

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
With media
6
Family
Orchidaceae
Collections
AMES, GH, MNHN, VT
Recorded in
South Africa, Cap De Bonne EspéRance

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Orchidinae
Image
Bartholina burmanniana.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Bartholina
taxon common name
Бартолина
Commons category
Bartholina
taxon name
Bartholina
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Bartholina is an orchid genus native to South Africa and Namibia.

A member of the Fynbos plant kingdom, Bartholina is also known as the "spider orchid". The common name comes from the array of long, narrow petal lobes that surround the flower, said to resemble the legs of a spider.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bartholina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.