Slender Anthogonium (Anthogonium gracile)
Place : Zaluk, East SikkimDate: September 15, 2014 Pic: Shital Pradhan |
Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Angiosperms
Class:
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Bletiinae
Genus: Anthogonium
Species: A. gracile
Binomial
name: Anthogonium gracile Wall. ex Lindl. (1836).
Other
Names: Slender Anthogonium
Special feature: “Anthogonium is a genus of orchids (family
Orchidaceae). At the present time (May 2014), only one species is recognized,
i.e., Anthogonium gracile found in India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan,
Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Guangxi, Guizhou, Tibet,
and Yunnan”. (Source:
Wikipedia)
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