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Bulbophyllum reptans

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Genus
  
Bulbophyllum

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Epidendroideae

Higher classification
  
Bulbophyllum

Similar
  
Bulbophyllum, Orchids, Bulbophyllum hirtum, Bulbophyllum helenae

Bulbophyllum reptans is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

B. reptans contains the phenanthrenediol gymnopusin (2,7-dihydroxy-3,4,9-trimethoxyphenanthrene), the phenanthrenes confusarin (2,7-dihydroxy-3,4,8-trimethoxyphenanthrene), 2,7-dihydroxy-3,4,6-trimethoxyphenanthrene and its 9,10-dihydro derivative, flavanthrinin (2,7-dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenanthrene) and its 9,10-dihydro derivative (coelonin), 3,3′-dihydroxy-5-methoxybibenzyl (batatasin-III), cirrhopetalanthrin (2,2′,7,7′-tetrahydroxy-4,4′-dimethoxy-1,1′-biphenanthryl), its 9,9′,10,10′-tetrahydro derivative (flavanthrin) and the dimeric phenanthrenes reptanthrin and isoreptanthrin.

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Bulbophyllum reptans Wikipedia