External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77211719-1
- Publication
- Kew Bulletin. Kew, England
- Collation
- 75(4)-50: 9
- Date of Publication
- 9 Dec 2020
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Hermans 8240
- Locality
- Toamasina prov., near Andasibe, c. 1150 m
- Collection Date
- May 1996
- Type Herbaria
- holotype K
- Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.1007/S12225-020-09904-5 The specific epithet refers to a genus of molluscs, often with a prickly exterior, once used to produce the Tyrian purple dye, similar in colour to the markings on the flower of the orchid.