Dipodium scandens
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| Dipodium scandens | |
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| As illustrated in Die Orchideen von Java, 1911 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Dipodium |
| Species: | D. scandens |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipodium scandens | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hydranthus scandens (Blume) Kuhl & Hasselt ex Rchb.f. in Xenia Orchid. 2: 20 (1862) Leopardanthus scandens Blume in Rumphia 4: 47 (1849) | |
Dipodium scandens is an orchid species that is native to western Java in Indonesia.[3]
The species was formally described in 1849 by German-Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume who gave it the name Leopardanthus scandens. It was given its current name by Dutch botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith in 1905.[2]
