Mediocalcar

(pronounced: mee-dee-oh-CAL-car)

Classification

Podochileae subtribe Eriinae

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Etymology

From the Latin medius, meaning middle, and calcar, meaning spur, referring to the saccate middle part of the lip.

Distribution

A genus of 15 species from Sulawesi to Samoa with the greatest diversity in New Guinea.

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Literature

Schuiteman, A. 1989. Two new species of Mediocalcar (Orchidaceae) from New Guinea. Blumea 34:167-172.

Schuiteman, A. 1997. Revision of the genus Mediocalcar. Orchid Monogr. 8:21-77.
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