Renanthera bella

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Renanthera bella
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Renanthera bella Orchid
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Renanthera
Species:
R. bella
Binomial name
Renanthera bella
J.J.Wood

Renanthera bella is a species of orchid. This orchid is only known from Mount Kinabalu in Malaysian Borneo. [1]

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