Dipodium gracile

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Dipodium gracile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Genus: Dipodium
Species:D. gracile
Binomial name
Dipodium gracile
Schltr. [1]

Dipodium gracile is an orchid species that is native to Sulawesi in Indonesia. The species was formally described in 1911 by German botanist Rudolf Schlechter. [2]

Sulawesi island of Indonesia

Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Within Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger populations.

Rudolf Schlechter German taxonomist, botanist and orchidologist

Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids.

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References

  1. " Dipodium gracile Schltr". The Plant List version 1.1. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. "Dipodium gracile Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 191 (1911)". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 1 February 2014.