Acineta superba

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Acineta superba
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Acineta
Species:
A. superba
Binomial name
Acineta superba
(Kunth) Rchb.f.(1863)
Synonyms
  • Anguloa superba Kunth (1816) (Basionym)
  • Acineta humboldtii (Lindl.) Lindl. (1843)
  • Peristeria humboldtii Lindl. (1843)
  • Peristeria humboldtii var. fulva Hook. (1845)
  • Acineta fulva (Hook.) Klotzsch (1852)
  • Acineta humboldtii var. schilleriana Rchb.f. (1855)
  • Acineta schilleriana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. (1863)
  • Acineta collosa Sander (1898)
  • Acineta colmanii auct. (1904)

Acineta superba is a species of orchid and the type species of the genus Acineta found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. [1] [2]

References

  1. "Acineta superba (Kunth) Rchb.f." Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  2. Bechtel, Helmut; Cribb, Phillip; Launert, Edmund (1992). The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species (3rd ed.). Blandford. p. 46. ISBN   0-7137-2104-9.