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Orchidantha

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
LowiaceaeRidl.

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Genus

Order
  
Higher classification
  
Orchidantha Lowiaceae species list Orchidantha of Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden

Similar
  
Zingiberales, Costaceae, Strelitziaceae, Monocotyledon, Philydraceae

Orchidantha is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III system, it is placed in the family Lowiaceae, as the sole genus. It includes the plants in the formerly recognised genera Lowia and Protamomum.

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Orchidantha remains a poorly known genus, found from southern China to Borneo. Orchidantha means "orchid-flower", as one of the petals on the flowers is modified into a labellum, like the flowers of orchids. One species, Orchidantha inouei of Borneo, imitates the smell of dung in order to attract small Onthophagus dung beetles as pollinators.

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Species

As of August 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 17 species:

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Orchidantha Genera in the Zingiberales Department of Botany Smithsonian

Orchidantha Genera in the Zingiberales Department of Botany Smithsonian

Orchidantha Hort Log Orchidantha maxillaroides

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Orchidantha Genera in the Zingiberales Department of Botany Smithsonian

References

Orchidantha Wikipedia