Crepidium mackinnonii

Systematics
Domain	Eukaryotes Eukaryotic
Kingdom	Plants Plantae
Division	Vascular plants Tracheophyta
Class	Monocot flowering plants Liliopsida
Order	Asparagales Asparagales
Family	Orchids Orchidaceae
Genus	Crepidium
Species	Crepidium mackinnonii
Scientific name
§crepidium mackinnonii
AUTHOR	(Duthie) Szlach.

Leaves 2, appressed to substrate, subopposite, ovate or ovate-elliptic, 4-5 × 3-4 cm, base subcordate and amplexicaul. Inflorescence erect, slender; rachis several flowered; floral bracts very small. Flowers 4-5 mm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 2-3 mm. Sepals oblong to ovate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm. Petals nearly as long as sepals, linear, ca. 0.6 mm wide; lip superior, ovate in outline, 2-3 × 1.5-2 mm, shallowly 2-lobed, base with a pair of auricles decurrent backward embracing column; auricles ovate, 1.5-2 mm. Column short, stout.

C Yunnan [Bangladesh, India].

CITIES Category: Appendix II

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