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Amesiella monticola

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Species of orchid

Amesiella monticola
Flower of Amesiella monticola
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Amesiella
Species: A. monticola
Binomial name
Amesiella monticola
Cootes & D.P.Banks
distribution of Amesiella monticola
Synonyms
  • Amesiella philippinensis var. monticola (Cootes & D.P.Banks) R.Rice

Amesiella monticola is a miniature species of epiphytic orchid native to the Philippines. The specific epithet "monticola" refers to the montaneous habitat of the species. Monticola is a combination of "mons" or "montis", meaning mountain and "cola" or "colere" meaning "inhabitant" or "dweller".

Description

These monopodial herbs form small, leathery leaves. The genus Amesiella forms white flowers with long spurs. The 1–6 very large flowers in relation to the vegetative parts of the plants are borne on short, axillary racemes. They have a characteristic long, twisted spur, indicating moth pollination. The flowers are purely white, devoid of any golden pigmentation of the labellum. This separates it from Amesiella philippinensis.

Taxonomy

By some this species is treated as a mere variation of Amesiella philippinensis. Hence, it is synonymous with Amesiella philippinensis var. monticola.

Conservation

This species is critically endangered and its population is decreasing.

References

  1. ^ Agoo, E.M.G.; Cootes, J.; Golamco, A. Jr.; de Vogel, E.F.; Tiu, D. (2004). "Amesiella monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T46294A11042992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46294A11042992.en.
  2. ^ "Amesiella monticola". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. pp. 260, 348. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
  4. Teoh E.S. (2021) Amesiella Schltr. ex Garay. In: Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 1 (A - E). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58872-4_9
  5. Eur. J. Entomol. 112(2): 393–397, 2015 doi: 10.14411/eje.2015.031 ISSN 1210-5759 (print), 1802-8829 (online)
  6. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3) Alec M. Pridgeon / Phillip J. Cribb / Mark W. Chase / Finn N. Rasmussen 2014 OUP Oxford ISBN 978-0-19-100389-9
  7. "Amesiella monticola". The Encyclopedia of Life.
Taxon identifiers
Amesiella monticola


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