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Species of orchid From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phalaenopsis × rolfeana is a species of orchid native to the Philippines.[1] It is a hybrid of Phalaenopsis equestris and Phalaenopsis sanderiana.[2]
Phalaenopsis × rolfeana | |
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Phahaelopsis × rolfeana as Phalaenopsis hebe | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Phalaenopsis |
Species: | P. × rolfeana |
Binomial name | |
Phalaenopsis × rolfeana H.R.Sweet | |
Distribution of Phalaenopsis × rolfeana | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The specific epithet rolfeana honours the English botanist Robert Allen Rolfe, who specialised on the study of orchids. He had first described this taxon as Phalaenopsis × hebe, which however was a Nomen illegitimum and thus not accepted.[2]
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