''Listrostachys'' is a
genus of
flowering plants from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae. Many species have been placed in the genus over the years, most of them now transferred to other groups. At present (June 2014), only one species remains in the genus: ''Listrostachys pertusa''. It is native to tropical
Africa from
Sierra Leone to
Congo-Kinshasa
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
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See also
* List of Orchidaceae genera
References
* Reichenbach, H.G. (1852) Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 930.
* Berg Pana, H. (2005) ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 404 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Angraecinae
Monotypic Epidendroideae genera
Vandeae genera
Orchids of Africa
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