''Mediocalcar'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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. It is native to
New Guinea
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, eastern
Indonesia
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, and the islands of the western
Pacific
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. The orchid abbreviation is ''Med''.
Alphabetical List of Standard Abbreviations for Natural and Hybrid Generic Names
Royal Horticultural Society, 2017
#''Mediocalcar agathodaemonis'' J.J.Sm.
#''Mediocalcar arfakense'' J.J.Sm.
#''Mediocalcar bifolium'' J.J.Sm.
#''Mediocalcar brachygenium'' Schltr.
#''Mediocalcar bulbophylloides'' J.J.Sm.
#''Mediocalcar congestum'' Schuit.
#''Mediocalcar crenulatum'' J.J.Sm.
#''Mediocalcar decoratum'' Schuit.
#''Mediocalcar geniculatum'' J.J.Sm.
#''Mediocalcar papuanum'' R.S.Rogers
#''Mediocalcar paradoxum'' (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
#''Mediocalcar pygmaeum'' Schltr.
#''Mediocalcar stevenscoodei'' P.Royen
#''Mediocalcar subteres'' Schuit.
#''Mediocalcar umboiense'' Schuit.
#''Mediocalcar uniflorum'' Schltr.
#''Mediocalcar versteegii'' J.J.Sm.
See also
* List of Orchidaceae genera
References
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
* Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links
*
Podochileae genera
Eriinae
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