Biology:Bartholina

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Spider orchid
Bartholina burmanniana
Scientific classification e
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Plantae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Tracheophytes
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Angiosperms
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Monocots
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Asparagales
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Orchidaceae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Orchidoideae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Orchideae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Orchidinae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Bartholina
R.Br.
Type species
Bartholina pectinata
R.Br. in W.T.Aiton

Bartholina is an orchid genus native to South Africa and Namibia.[1]

A member of the Fynbos plant kingdom, Bartholina is also known as the "spider orchid". The common name comes from the array of long, narrow petal lobes that surround the flower, said to resemble the legs of a spider.

The genus is named after the seventeenth century Danish scientist Thomas Bartholin.

Two species are recognized:[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2670129 entry