Eulophia alta

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Wild coco
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Eulophia
Species:
E. alta
Binomial name
Eulophia alta
Synonyms [1]
  • Limodorum altumL.
  • Bletia alta(L.) Hitchc.
  • Cypripedium epidendricumVell.
  • Cyrtopera alta(L.) Stehlé
  • Cyrtopera amazonicaBarb.Rodr.
  • Cyrtopera longifolia(Kunth) Rchb.f.
  • Cyrtopera longifolia var. amazonica(Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.
  • Cyrtopera longifolia var. pachystelidiaRchb.f.
  • Cyrtopera vellosianaBarb.Rodr.
  • Cyrtopera woodfordiiSims
  • Cyrtopodium woodfordiiSims
  • Dendrobium longifoliumKunth
  • Eulophia alta f. flavescens(Schltr.) F. Barros
  • Eulophia alta f. pallidaP.M.Br.
  • Eulophia alta f. pelchatiiP.M.Br.
  • Eulophia alta var. albaL.C. Menezes
  • Eulophia alta var. pachystelidia(Rchb.f.) G.A. Romero
  • Eulophia longifolia(Kunth) Schltr.
  • Eulophia longifolia var. amazonica(Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.
  • Eulophia longifolia var. flavescensSchltr.
  • Eulophia woodfordii(Sims) Rolfe
  • Lissochilus amazonicusBarb.Rodr.
  • Maxillaria longifolia(Kunth) Lindl.
  • Paphiopedilum epidendricum(Vell.) Pfitzer
  • Platypus altus(L.) Small
  • Platypus papilliferus Small
  • Xylobium longifolium(Kunth) Lindl. ex Spreng.

Eulophia alta is a species of orchid, known as the wild coco. It is widespread across tropical and subtropical parts of Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, as well as the southeastern United States (states of Georgia and Florida). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

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