Listrostachys Explained

Listrostachys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Many species have been placed in the genus over the years, most of them now transferred to other groups. At present (June 2014), only one species remains in the genus: Listrostachys pertusa. It is native to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo-Kinshasa.^[1]

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Reichenbach, H.G. (1852) Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 930.
• Berg Pana, H. (2005) Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 404 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=114166 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families