Lycaste macrophylla

Lycaste macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Lycaste
Species:	L. macrophylla
Binomial name
Lycaste macrophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl.
Synonyms
Maxillaria macrophylla Poepp. & Endl. (basionym) Maxillaria phyllomega Steud. Lycaste plana Lindl. Lycaste filomenoi Schltr. Lycaste macrophylla subsp. filomenoi (Schltr.) Fowlie  [ es ] Lycaste macrophylla subsp. plana (Lindl.) Fowlie  [ es ] Lycaste macrophylla var. plana (Lindl.) Oakeley  [ es ]

Lycaste macrophylla is a species of terrestrial orchid native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia. ^[1] It is the type species of the genus Lycaste .

References

1. La Croix, I. F.; Aubron, Manuel (2008). The New Encyclopedia of Orchids: 1500 Species in Cultivation. Timber Press. p. 254. ISBN   978-0-88192-876-1.