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Smithorchis
Tang & Wang ,in Bull Fan Mem. Inst. Biol . Peiping ,Bot. ser . 7 (1936), 139.
Platanthereae.VI. Smith (personal name), Gr. orchis (orchid). " In honor of Professor (Sir) W (illiam) W (right) Smith (1875-1956) ,Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens ,Edinburgh ,whose contributions to the study of plants from Yunnan and Tibet have immensely increased our knowledge of the Chinese flora ."
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