Cottonia Wight

Ariyarathne, W. A. M. P., Yakandawala, Deepthi, Samuel, Rosabelle & Wijesundara, Siril, 2017, Evaluating the occurrence and conservation statuses of Sri Lankan Orchids (Orchidaceae): Observations on newly recorded species and undocumented regions, Phytotaxa 308 (1), pp. 37-53 : 47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.3

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scientific name

Cottonia Wight
status

 

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Sri Lanka harbors only one species belong to this genus and observations were made from Kanneliya and Dombagaskanda where C. peduncularis was growing as an epiphyte and as a lithophyte in Kitulgala. This species also has a long rachis containing terminal flowers with characteristic shape of a female bee. This feature is used for attracting bees for pollination. Cottonia peduncularis is recorded as a NT species ( MOE, 2012).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Cottonia

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