Diploprora

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Diploprora
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Diploprora truncata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Diploprora
Hook.f.
Type species
Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f.

Diploprora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two recognized species, native to Asia: [1] [2]

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It has been established, that Diploprora truncata is more closely related to Malleola baliensis, which is a synonym of Robiquetia aberrans (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit, than to the type species of the genus Diploprora championii . Thus, the genus is polyphyletic. [3]

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References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Diploprora championii in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  3. Zou, L. H., Huang, J. X., Zhang, G. Q., Liu, Z. J., & Zhuang, X. Y. (2015). A molecular phylogeny of Aeridinae (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) inferred from multiple nuclear and chloroplast regions. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 85, 247-254.

Note on Diploprora championii