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Orchidantha
Sign in to saveOrchidantha is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III system, it is placed in the family Lowiaceae, as the sole genus. It includes the plants in the formerly recognised genera Lowia and Protamomum.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Orchidantha is referenced by 437 other articles, and connects out to Asterids, Monocots and Vitaceae.
Vinony files it under Taxa named by N. E. Brown, Zingiberales and Zingiberales genera.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderZingiberales
- FamilyLowiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Lowiaceae
- Collections
- US, MO, SRP, K, MN
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Vietnam, Malaysia/Malaya, Chile
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- 兰花蕉属
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- Category:Orchidantha
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- References
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Orchidantha is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III system, it is placed in the family Lowiaceae, as the sole genus. It includes the plants in the formerly recognised genera Lowia and Protamomum.
Orchidantha remains a poorly known genus, found from southern China to Borneo. Orchidantha means "orchid-flower", as one of the petals on the flowers is modified into a labellum, like the flowers of orchids. One species, Orchidantha inouei of Borneo, imitates the smell of dung in order to attract small Onthophagus dung beetles as pollinators.
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