Abdominea Abdominea

Abdominea - Definition

Abdominea
Scientific classification
<td>Trichoglottis
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Epidendroideae
Tribe:Vandeae
Subtribe:Sarcanthinae <tr><td>Alliance:
Genus:Abdominea
Species

Abdominea minimiflora


There is only one very rare monopodial epiphytic species, Abdominea minimiflora, or the Tiny-flowered Abdominea, in this genus.

It is distributed from Thailand to the Malay peninsula, Java, and the Philippines.

The name is derived from the Latin abdomen, meaning belly. It refers to the similarity between the shape of the labellum (lip) and the shape of the abdomen of an insect.

The species produces very small flowers, about 0.45 cm wide, on a racemose, many-flowered inflorescence.

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