Smithsonia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Smithsonia']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Smithsonia'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Smithsonia C.J.Saldanha (1974)

Genus Smithsonia C.J.Saldanha (1974)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Micropera Dalzell, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 282 (1851) Loxoma Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 183 (1972) Loxomorchis Rauschert, Taxon 31: 561 (1982)

3 Species

Included species (for Tropicos,  21 June 2022):
S. maculata, S. straminea, S. viridiflora Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Smithsonia straminea C.J.Saldanha, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71: 73 (1974)

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  Smithsonia maculata

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  Smithsonia straminea
  Type species

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  Smithsonia viridiflora

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India.

References

Description of taxon

• Saldanha, C.J. (1974) Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 71: 73.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 292 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199646517
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Smithsonia.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Smithsonia
• Tropicos link: Smithsonia
• International Plant Names Index link: Smithsonia
• The Plant List link: Smithsonia