Lepidogyne

Lepidogyne
1858 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Goodyerinae
Genus: Lepidogyne
Blume
Species: L. longifolia
Binomial name
Lepidogyne longifolia
(Blume) Blume
Synonyms[1]
  • Neottia longifolia Blume
  • Spiranthes longifolia (Blume) Lindl.
  • Lepidogyne minor Schltr.
  • Lepidogyne sceptrum Schltr.

Lepidogyne is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Lepidogyne longifolia, native to New Guinea and to Southeast Asia (Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra).[1]

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