Acanthophippium splendidum

Acanthophippium splendidum is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to parts of Malesia (the Maluku Islands and Sulawesi), Papuasia (New Guinea and the Solomon Islands (archipelago)) and islands in the south-western Pacific Ocean (Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna). It was first described by Johannes Jacobus Smith in 1933.[1]

Acanthophippium splendidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Acanthophippium
Species:
A. splendidum
Binomial name
Acanthophippium splendidum
J.J.Sm.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Acanthophippium splendidum", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-01-16