Changnienia

Changnienia
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Calypsoinae
Genus:	Changnienia S.S.Chien
Species:	C. amoena
Binomial name
Changnienia amoena S.S.Chien

Changnienia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Only one species is known, Changnienia amoena, native to China (provinces of Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Zhejiang). ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Changnienia amoena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T46643A11073225. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46643A11073225.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Flora of China v 25 p 252, 独花 du hua lan, Changnienia amoena

Further reading

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Media related to Changnienia at Wikimedia Commons