Dipodium fragrans

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Dipodium fragrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Genus: Dipodium
Species:D. fragrans
Binomial name
Dipodium fragrans
P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm. [1]

Dipodium fragrans is an orchid species that is native to south-east Asia. It was formally described in 2006. [2] It occurs in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Sulawesi. [2]

Sumatra island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands

Sumatra is a large island in western Indonesia that is part of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island that is located entirely in Indonesia and the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2.

Peninsular Malaysia mainland, western portion of the nation-state of Malaysia in South East Asia

Peninsular Malaysia, also known as Malaya or West Malaysia, is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula and surrounding islands. Its area is 132,265 square kilometres (51,068 sq mi), which is nearly 40% of the total area of the country - 330,611 square kilometres (127,650 sq mi) - or slightly smaller than England and Java island. It shares a land border with Thailand in the north. To the south is the island of Singapore.

Borneo island

Borneo is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra.

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References

  1. "Dipodium fragrans P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm". The Plant List version 1.1. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Dipodium fragrans P.O'Byrne & J.J.Verm., Malayan Orchid Rev. 40: 93 (2006)." World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2 February 2014.