Biermannia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern India, China and Southeast Asia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Sir George King and Robert Pantling erected this genus in memory of Adolph Biermann who was the curator of Botanical garden in Kolkata.
Species The following species are accepted as of May 2014:
Biermannia arunachalensis A.N.Rao - Arunachal Pradesh Biermannia bigibba (Schltr.) Garay - Sumatra Biermannia bimaculata (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl. - Bhutan, Assam Biermannia calcarata Aver. - Guangxi, Vietnam Biermannia ciliata (Ridl.) Garay - Thailand, Malaysia Biermannia flava (Carr) Garay - Pahang Biermannia jainiana S.N.Hegde & A.N.Rao - Arunachal Pradesh Biermannia laciniata (Carr) Garay - Malaysia Biermannia longicheila Biermannia longicheila (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae), a new species from southern Vietnam Averyanov LV, Nuraliev MS, Kuznetsov AN, Kuznetsova SP Phytotaxa 343 9/3/2018 2 Magnolia Press. Pp: 194 - 198 Biermannia quinquecallosa King & Pantl. - Assam Biermannia sarcanthoides (Ridl.) Garay - Johor Biermannia sigaldii Seidenf. - Vietnam
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
References
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart