Skip to content
Renanthera
EntityQ2719935· pop 20· linked from 22 articles

Renanthera

Sign in to save

Also known as Ren

Renanthera, abbreviated as Ren in horticultural trade, is a genus of large scrambling monopodial epiphytic and terrestrial species of orchid found in China, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Melanesia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyOrchidaceae
Native toAssam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku
Observations recorded711

Renanthera, abreviado como Ren en el comercio de horticultura, es un género de orquídeas monopodiales con especies epífitas y terrestres distribuidas desde la India hasta Nueva Guinea en las regiones tropicales de Asia.​ Las especies de este género producen una inflorescencia ramificada con numerosas flores que varían en color desde el amarillo y el naranja al rojo. Estas flores poseen grandes sépalos laterales.

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
43
With media
31
Family
Orchidaceae
Collections
MO, AMES, MICH, CM, SEL, NHMUK
Recorded in
Vietnam, Indonesia, United States, China, India, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Aeridinae
Image
Renanthera coccinea (1830).jpg
Show 7 more facts
taxon name
Renanthera
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Renanthera
Commons category
Renanthera
Commons gallery
Renanthera
taxon common name
火焰兰属
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Cultivation
  • References
  • External links

Renanthera, abbreviated as Ren in horticultural trade, is a genus of large scrambling monopodial epiphytic and terrestrial species of orchid found in China, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Melanesia.

Species in this genus produce a branched inflorescence containing numerous flowers ranging in color from yellow and orange to red. These flowers possess large lateral sepals. ==Description== The following species ordered by sections are recognized by Plants of the World Online :

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Renanthera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (11)