Dracula carcharodon Vierling

, Orchidee, Taxon. Mitt. 6(18): 136 (2020).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77214682-1
Publication
Die Orchidee; journal der Deutschen Orchideen-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Orchideenkunde; Taxonomische Mitteilungen. Niedernhausen
Collation
6(18): 136
Date of Publication
5 Aug 2020
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
G.Vierling
Locality
Unknown origin
Type Herbaria
holotype HAL 146492
Type Remarks
Cultivated: flowered in cultivation 10 Apr 2019.

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

The specific epithet 'carcharodon' is named for the great white shark 'Carcharodon carcharias' because of the distinctive teeth of the epichil.