Huntleya meleagris

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Huntleya meleagris
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Huntleya
Species:
H. meleagris
Binomial name
Huntleya meleagris
Synonyms [1]
  • Batemannia meleagris(Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Huntleya albidofulva Lem.
  • Zygopetalum meleagris(Lindl.) Benth.
  • Batemannia meleagris var. albidofulvaRchb.f. ex F.Buyss.
  • Zygopetalum meleagris albidofulvum(Lem.) G.Nicholson
  • Huntleya meleagris var. albofulva(Rchb.f. ex F.Buyss.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius

Huntleya meleagris is a species of orchid native to Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador and Trinidad & Tobago. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Harding, Patricia A. (2008). Huntleyas and Related Orchids. Timber Press. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-88192-884-6 . Retrieved June 21, 2009.