Hexalectris
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| Hexalectris | |
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| Hexalectris spicata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Arethuseae |
| Subtribe: | Bletiinae[1] |
| Genus: | Hexalectris Raf. |
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Hexalectris is a genus of the family Orchidaceae, comprising 7 species of fully myco-heterotrophic orchids.[2] These species are found in North America, with center of diversity in northern Mexico.
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[edit] References
- ^ Victoria Sosa "A Molecular and Borphological Phylogenetic Study of Subtribe Bletiinae (Epidendreae, Orchidaceae)" Systematic Botany (2007), 32)1): pp. 34-42 retrieved from http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1600/036364407780360175?cookieSet=1
- ^ "Flora of North America". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=115401.
