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Issue: Vol. 427 No. 1: 17 December 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-12-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.427.1.10
Page range: 80–84
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

Lectotypification of two names of Smithsonia Saldanha (Orchidaceae)

Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune- 411 004, India.
Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune- 411 004, India. Also affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune- 411 004, India. Also affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune- 411 004, India. Also affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune- 411 004, India. Also affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
Smithsonia Orchidaceae Monocots

Abstract

The genus Smithsonia Saldanha (1974: 73) belongs to family Orchidaceae, subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Vandeae, subtribe Aeridinae and is endemic to Western Ghats of India (Kumar et al. 2001, Irwin & Narasimhan 2011). The genus comprises three species, viz. S. straminea C.J.Saldanha (1974: 73), S. maculata (Dalzell) (1851: 282) C.J.Saldanha (1974: 74) and S. viridiflora (Lindl.) (1858: 38) C.J.Saldanha (1974: 75).