Cheiradenia

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Cheiradenia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Cheiradenia
Lindl.
Species:
C. cuspidata
Binomial name
Cheiradenia cuspidata
Lindl.
Synonyms [1]

Cheiradenia imthurniiCogn. in C.F.P.von Martius

Cheiradenia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Cheiradenia cuspidata, native to northern South America (Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, northern Brazil). [1]

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