Polystachya neobenthamia | |
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Inflorescence of Polystachya neobenthamia | |
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Long, slender stems of Polystachya neobenthamia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Polystachya |
Species: | P. neobenthamia |
Binomial name | |
Polystachya neobenthamia Schltr. | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Polystachya neobenthamia is a species of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. [1] It is terrestrial, [2] lithophilic and grows among leaf litter and other detritus on rock faces. It is endemic to Tanzania.
This species produces slender, reed-like stems, which bear distichously arranged, linear leaves. The inflorescence is erect and the rachis is bent apically. [2] [3] The flowers have four laterally flattened pollinia. [4] The pollinia are relatively hard. [5]
It was formerly placed in a separate, monotypic genus Neobenthamia Rolfe under the name Neobenthamia gracilis Rolfe. This is however now a synonym of Polystachya neobenthamia Schltr. [1] Under the inclusion of P. neobenthamia the genus Polystachya is a monophyletic group. This species is the sister group to Polystachya dendrobiiflora . [2]
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