Dracomonticola

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Dracomonticola
Species: D. virginea
Name

Dracomonticola H.P.Linder & Kurzweil, Willdenowia 25: 229 (1995)

monotypic taxon

References

Linder, H.P. & Kurzweil, H. (1995). Willdenowia 25(1): 229.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 288 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Dracomonticola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2012 Nov. 12. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2015. Dracomonticola in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Dec. 1.
Tropicos.org 2012. Dracomonticola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Nov. 2012.
International Plant Names Index. 2012. Dracomonticola. Published online. Accessed: 12. Nov. 2012. Reference page.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Southern Africa
Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Dracomonticola is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Dracomonticola virginea, native to Lesotho and South Africa.[1][2]
See also

List of Orchidaceae genera

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 1-416. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.