Malaxis brachystachys

Malaxis brachystachys
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Malaxis
Species:	M. brachystachys
Binomial name
Malaxis brachystachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891
Synonyms [2] [3]
List Microstylis brachystachysRchb.f. 1849 Microstylis brachystachyaRchb.f. Malaxis brachystachya(Rchb.f.) Kuntze Achroanthes corymbosa(S.Watson) Greene Malaxis corymbosa(S.Watson) Kuntze Microstylis corymbosaS.Watson 1883

Malaxis brachystachys is a North American species of orchid native to Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States (Arizona). It usually has only one leaf, though occasionally two. Flowers are small and green, in a flat-topped array. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. Romand-Monnier, F.; Chadburn, H. (2013). "Malaxis brachystachys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T44392741A44515695. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T44392741A44515695.en . Retrieved 24 December 2022.
2. The Plant List, Malaxis brachystachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
3. Tropicos, Malaxis brachystachya (Rchb. f.) Kuntze
4. Flora of North America, Malaxis corymbosa (S. Watson) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673. 1891.
5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
6. Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Botany 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395
7. SEINet, Southwestern biodiversity, Arizona chapter

External links

• Media related to Malaxis brachystachys at Wikimedia Commons
• photo of herbarium specimen at University of Texas, collected in Coahuila in 1995