Scuticaria steelei

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Scuticaria steelei
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Flower of Scuticaria steelei
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Scuticaria
Species:
S. steelei
Binomial name
Scuticaria steelei
Synonyms
  • Bifrenaria steelei (Hook.) Meneguzzo & M.W.Chase
  • Maxillaria steelei Hook. (basionym)
  • Maxillaria flabellifera Lindl.
  • Scuticaria keyseriana auct.

Scuticaria steelei is a species of orchid native to southern tropical America. [1] It is the type species of the genus Scuticaria . In 2024, Meneguzzo and M.W.Chase transferred the species to the genus Bifrenaria . [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bifrenaria steelei (Hook.) Meneguzzo & M.W.Chase". Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  2. ↑ Meneguzzo, Thiago E. C.; Chase, Mark W. (2024-02-29). "An enlarged circumscription of Bifrenaria (Orchidaceae: Maxillariiinae)". Phytotaxa . 638 (2): 143–154. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.638.2.3. ISSN   1179-3163.


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