Brassia maculata

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Spotted brassia
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1815 illustration from
Curtis's botanical magazine
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Brassia
Species:
B. maculata
Binomial name
Brassia maculata
R.Br. in W.T.Aiton (1813)
Synonyms [1]
  • Brassia maculata var. guttata(Lindl.) Lindl. (1854)
  • Oncidium brassiaRchb.f. (1863)
  • Brassia guttataLindl. (1842)
  • Brassia wrayaeSkinner ex Hook. (1843)

Brassia maculata, the spotted brassia, is a species of orchid. It is native to southern Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua), Cuba, and Jamaica. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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