Guarianthe aurantiaca explained

Guarianthe aurantiaca is a species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Mexico, south to Costa Rica.[1] The diploid chromosome number of G. aurantiaca has been determined as 2n = 40.[2]

The phananthrenoids orchinol and loroglossol have a phytoalexin effect and reduce the growth of G. aurantiaca seedlings.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=247364 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. page 252. Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278, The Linnean Society of London
  3. Effects of Orchinol, Loroglossol, Dehydroorchinol, Batatasin III, and 3,4'- Dihydroxy-5-Methoxydihydrostilbene on Orchid Seedlings. Katherine A. Hills, Albert Stoessl, Allison P. Oliva and Joseph Arditti, Botanical Gazette, September 1984, Vol. 145, No. 3, pages 298-301 (link)

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