Brassia caudata
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| Brassia caudata | |
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| File:Brassia caudata.jpg | |
| 1824 illustration from Botanical Register | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Brassia |
| Species: | B. caudata
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| Binomial name | |
| Brassia caudata | |
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Brassia caudata is a species of orchid. It is found widespread across the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, reported from southern Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz), Central America, southern Florida, Greater Antilles, Trinidad, northern South America.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is also known by the common names tailed Brassia, spider orchid and cricket orchid.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany 5(2): 383–466.
- ↑ Schweinfurth, C. 1961. Orchidaceae, Orchids of Peru. Fieldiana: Botany 30(4): 787–1005
- ↑ Hamer, F. 1988. Orchids of Central America. Selbyana 10(Suppl.): 1–430.
- ↑ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
- ↑ Dodson, C.H. & D. E. Bennett. 1989. Orchids of Peru. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Series II. Fascicle 1–2: 1–200.
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