Dimerandra

Dimerandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Laeliinae
Genus:	Dimerandra Schltr.

Dimerandra, abbreviated Dmd. in the horticultural trade,^[1] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.

Species

Kew, in its World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, has accepted nine species in this genus:^[2]

• Dmd. buenaventurae Kraenzl. Siegerist (1986)
• Dmd. carnosiflora Siegerist (1986)
• Dmd. elegans (Focke) Siegerist (1986)
• Dmd. emarginata (G.Mey.) Hoehne (1934) 2n = 40^[3]
• Dmd. latipetala Siegerist. (1986)
• Dmd. rimbachii (Schltr.) Schltr. (1922)
• Dmd. stenopetala (Hook.) Schltr.. (1922) 2n = 40^[4]
• Dmd. taraoitaba Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989)
• Dmd. tenuicaulis (Rchb.f.) Siegerist (1986)

References and External Links

1. ^ http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf
2. ^ search for Dimerandra on http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do
3. ^ page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf
4. ^ page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
• List of Orchidaceae genera