Herpysma

Herpysma
Herpysma longicaulis Plate 367 in: G. King & R. Pantling The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya (1898)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Goodyerinae
Genus:	Herpysma Lindl.
Species:	H. longicaulis
Binomial name
Herpysma longicaulis Lindl.
Synonyms [1]
Physurus bracteatusBlume Erythrodes bracteata(Blume) Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach Herpysma sumatranaCarr Herpysma bracteata(Blume) J.J.Sm.

Herpysma is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Herpysma longicaulis, native to Southeast Asia (Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Sumatra, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam). ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of China v 25 p 56, 爬兰 pa lan, Herpysma longicaulis Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 506. 1840.

• Lindley, J. (1833) Edwards's Botanical Register 19: , sub pl. 1618.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 98 ff. Oxford University 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 Herpysma at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Herpysma at Wikispecies