Imerinaea
Encyclopedia
Imerinaea is a monotypic
genus
of flowering plant
s from the orchid family, Orchidaceae
. The single species is Imerinaea madagascarica and is endemic to northern Madagascar
. It is lithophilic
and grows in shady areas under trees among mosses and lichens.
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s from the orchid family, Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae
The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
. The single species is Imerinaea madagascarica and is endemic to northern Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
. It is lithophilic
Lithophile
Lithophiles are micro-organisms that can live within the pore interstices of sedimentary and even igneous rocks to depths of several kilometers....
and grows in shady areas under trees among mosses and lichens.