Herpysma

Herpysma 爬兰 pa lan

Herpysma longicaulis Plate 367 in: G. King & R. Pantling The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya (1898)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Goodyerinae
Genus:	Herpysma Lindl.
Species:	H. longicaulis
Binomial name
*Herpysma longicaulis* Lindl.
Synonyms^[1]
Physurus bracteatus Blume Erythrodes bracteata (Blume) Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach Herpysma sumatrana Carr Herpysma bracteata (Blume) J.J.Sm.

Herpysma is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Herpysma longicaulis, native to Southeast Asia (Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Sumatra, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam).^[1]^[2]

References

Lindley, J. (1833) Edwards's Botanical Register 19: , sub pl. 1618.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 98 ff. Oxford University Press.
Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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