Orchidantha is a
genus of
flowering plants. In the
APG III system, it is placed in the
familyLowiaceae,[2] as the sole genus.[5] It includes the plants in the formerly recognised genera Lowia and Protamomum.
Orchidantha remains a poorly known genus, found from southern
China to
Borneo.[4][6]Orchidantha means "orchid-flower", as one of the
petals on the
flowers is modified into a labellum, like the flowers of
orchids.[7] One species, Orchidantha inouei of Borneo, imitates the smell of dung in order to attract small Onthophagusdung beetles as pollinators.[8]
^Sakai, Shoko; Tamiji, Inoue (1 January 1999). "A new pollination system: dung-beetle pollination discovered in Orchidantha inouei (Lowiaceae, Zingiberales) in Sarawak, Malaysia". American Journal of Botany. 86 (1): 56–61.
doi:
10.2307/2656954.
JSTOR2656954.
PMID21680345.