Diploprora Explained

Diploprora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two recognized species, native to Asia:[1] [2]

It has been established, that Diploprora truncata is 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.[3]

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Note on Diploprora championii

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=62509 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Web site: Diploprora championii in Flora of China @ efloras.org. www.efloras.org. 2016-10-18.
  3. 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.