Dipodium scandens explained

Dipodium scandens is an orchid species that is native to western Java in Indonesia.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was formally described in 1849 by German-Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume who gave it the name Leopardanthus scandens. It was given its current name by Dutch botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith in 1905.

Distribution

Plants of the World Online lists the distribution of this species as western Java.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dipodium scandens (Blume) J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 45: 22 (1911).. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2 February 2014.

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