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Calanthe fargesii

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
C. China
Climate
temperate

About

Calanthe fargesii is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to China (Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The Latin specific epithet fargesii refers to the French missionary and amateur botanist Père Paul Guillaume Farges (1844–1912).

Other Calanthe plants

Calanthe cardioglossa · Calanthe delavayi · Calanthe densiflora · Common Calanthe · Calanthe henryi · Calanthe hirsuta · Calanthe odora · Calanthe plantaginea · Calanthe pulchra · Calanthe rubens · Halla Striata Calanthe · Calanthe sylvatica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calanthe fargesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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