Taprobanea

Taprobanea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There is only one known species, Taprobanea spathulata, native to India and to Sri Lanka.^[1][2]

Taprobanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Aeridinae
Genus:	Taprobanea Christenson
Species:	T. spathulata
Binomial name
Taprobanea spathulata (L.) Christenson
Synonyms[1]
Epidendrum spathulatum L. Limodorum spathulatum (L.) Willd. Cymbidium spathulatum (L.) Moon Vanda spathulata (L.) Spreng. Aerides maculata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in A.Rees

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera