Book ID: 35890
ORCHID MONOGRAPHS
Volume 03: De Vogel, E.F.: Revisions in Coelogyninae (Orchidaceae) III. The Genus Pholidota. 1988. 6 colour plates, with 24 colour photographs. 31 line-drawings. 118 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
A taxonomic revision of the genus Pholidota (9 sections, 29 species, 7varieties). Acanthoglossum is reduced to section level, section Repentesis newly described. One species (P. mediocris) is described new. 3 species names are reduced to variety level (P. camelostalix var.vaginata, P. carnea var. parviflora, P. carnea var. pumila). 28 speciesnames and 8 variety names are for the first time reduced to synonymy.Keys are provided to the sections, species and varieties. Synonymy,description, distribution, habitat notes, colour descriptions anddetailed illustrations are given for each species and variety.