Corallorhiza bentleyi

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Corallorhiza bentleyi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Corallorhiza
Species:
C. bentleyi
Binomial name
Corallorhiza bentleyi

Corallorhiza bentleyi is a rare species of orchid known to grow solely in mountainous deciduous forests of Virginia and West Virginia, United States. [1] [2] [3] It was undescribed until 1999. [4]

It is a parasitic plant, with yellow to reddish stems and cleistogamous flowers. [4]

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