Biermannia Explained

Biermannia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern India, China and Southeast Asia.^[1]

Species

The following species are accepted as of May 2014:^[1]

1. Biermannia arunachalensis A.N.Rao - Arunachal Pradesh
2. Biermannia bigibba (Schltr.) Garay - Sumatra
3. Biermannia bimaculata (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl. - Bhutan, Assam
4. Biermannia calcarata Aver. - Guangxi, Vietnam
5. Biermannia ciliata (Ridl.) Garay - Thailand, Malaysia
6. Biermannia flava (Carr) Garay - Pahang
7. Biermannia jainiana S.N.Hegde & A.N.Rao - Arunachal Pradesh
8. Biermannia laciniata (Carr) Garay - Malaysia
9. Biermannia longicheila ^[2]
10. Biermannia quinquecallosa King & Pantl. - Assam
11. Biermannia sarcanthoides (Ridl.) Garay - Johor
12. Biermannia sigaldii Seidenf. - Vietnam

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=22013 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.343.2.11 Biermannia longicheila (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae), a new species from southern Vietnam