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Diploprora truncata

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Diploprora truncata
inflorescence detail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Diploprora
Species:
D. truncata
Binomial name
Diploprora truncata
Rolfe ex Downie
Synonyms
  • Stauropsis truncata (Rolfe ex Downie) Tang & F.T.Wang

Diploprora truncata is a species of orchid native to East Himalaya and Thailand.[1] Despite its placement within the genus Diploprora, it has been reported to be more closely related to Malleola baliensis, which is a synonym of Robiquetia aberrans (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit, than to the type species of the genus Diploprora championii. Thus, the genus is polyphyletic.[2] The epiphytic plants have pendulous, monopodial stems, which bear distichously arranged, lanceolate leaves, which form sheaths around the stem. The widely spreading flowers are produced on lateral, laxly several flowered inflorescences.[3]

Conservation

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This species is protected under the CITES Appendix II regulations of international trade.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Diploprora truncata Rolfe ex Downie | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ Zou, L. H., Huang, J. X., Zhang, G. Q., Liu, Z. J., & Zhuang, X. Y. (2015). A molecular phylogeny of Aeridinae (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) inferred from multiple nuclear and chloroplast regions. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 85, 247–254.
  3. ^ Teoh, E. S. (2021). Diploprora JD Hooker. In Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 1 (A-E) (pp. 471–472). Springer, Cham.
  4. ^ "Diploprora truncata". CITES.