Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bamboo Orchid, Peka-A-Waka
Description
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Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: yellow
Biology
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Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Liliopsida
()
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Earina
()
- Adanson, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
mucronata
- Lindl.
- Botanical name: - Earina mucronata Lindl.
- Specific epithet:
mucronata
- Lindl.
- Genus:
Earina
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Notes
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Earina
There are approximately 17 species in this genus:
E. aestivalis · E. alba · E. autumnalis (Easter Orchid) · E. brousmichei · E. crassicaulis · E. deplanchei · E. filiformis · E. floripecten · E. laxior · E. mucronata (Bamboo Orchid) · E. plana · E. quadrilobata · E. samoensiana · E. santoensis · E. sigmoidea · E. suaveolens · E. valida
Bibliography
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- Judd, Campbell, Kellog & Donoghue: Plant Systematics, a phylogenetic approach
- Judd, W.S., Campbell, C.S., Kellog, E.A. & Donoghue, M.J. (2002): Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 05, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 23, 2008.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 05, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9265316
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-65628
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15681876
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:630678-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 735369
