Oberonioides
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| Oberonioides | |
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| Oberonioides pusillus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Malaxideae |
| Subtribe: | Malaxidinae |
| Genus: | Oberonioides Szlach. |
| Type species | |
| Oberonioides oberoniiflora (Seidenf.) Szlach. | |
Oberonioides is a genus of orchids native to China and Thailand.[1] Only two species are known:[2][3]
- Oberonioides oberoniiflora (Seidenf.) Szlach. - Thailand
- Oberonioides pusillus (Rolfe) Marg. & Szlach. - Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan
The genus name of Oberonioides is derived from Oberon, a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature.[4]
The genus was circumscribed by Dariusz Lucjan Szlachetko in Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. vol.3 on page 134 in 1995.