Comparettia falcata

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Comparettia falcata
Comparettia falcata - Curtis' 83 (Ser. 3 no. 13) pl. 4980 (1857).jpg
1857 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: Comparettia
Species:
C. falcata
Binomial name
Comparettia falcata
Poepp. & Endl. (1836)

Comparettia falcata is an epiphytic species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus Comparettia . It is widespread across much of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. [1]

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