Diploprora truncata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Diploprora |
| Species: | D. truncata
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| Binomial name | |
| Diploprora truncata Rolfe ex Downie
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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]
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Leaf with purple spotting -
Emerging adventitious roots and inflorescences -
Developing pendent inflorescence
Conservation
[edit]This species is protected under the CITES Appendix II regulations of international trade.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Diploprora truncata Rolfe ex Downie | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Teoh, E. S. (2021). Diploprora JD Hooker. In Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 1 (A-E) (pp. 471–472). Springer, Cham.
- ^ "Diploprora truncata". CITES.
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