Dipodium scandens | |
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As illustrated in Die Orchideen von Java, 1911 | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Dipodium |
Species: | D. scandens
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Binomial name | |
Dipodium scandens | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Hydranthus scandens (Blume) Kuhl & Hasselt ex Rchb.f. in Xenia Orchid. 2: 20 (1862) Leopardanthus scandens Blume in Rumphia 4: 47 (1849) |
Dipodium scandens is an orchid species that is native to western Java in Indonesia. [3]
The species was formally described in 1849 by German- Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume who gave it the name Leopardanthus scandens. It was given its current name by Dutch botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith in 1905. [2]
Plants of the World Online lists the distribution of this species as western Java. [2]