Aerides falcata

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Aerides falcata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Aerides
Species:
A. falcata
Binomial name
Aerides falcata
Lindl. & Paxton (1851)
Synonyms [1]
  • Aerides larpentaeRchb.f. (1856)
  • Aerides mendeliiE. Morren (1876)
  • Aerides expansa var. leoniaeRchb.f.
  • Aerides leoniae(Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
  • Aerides falcata var. leoniae(Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch
  • Aerides siamenseKlinge (1898)
  • Aerides falcata var. maurandiiGuillaumin (1953)

Aerides falcata is a species of epiphytic orchid [2] native to Yunnan, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar. [1] [3]

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