Lepanthes
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| Lepanthes | |
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| Lepanthes ophelma | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Pleurothallidinae |
| Genus: | Lepanthes Sw. |
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Lepanthes (from Greek "scaled-flower") is a large genus of orchids with about 800–1000 species, distributed in the Antilles and from Mexico through Bolivia (with very few species in Brazil). The genus is abbreviated in horticultural trade as Lths. Almost all the species in the genus are small and live in cloud forests.[1]
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- ^ William Cullina (2004). "Lepanthes (Lths)". Understanding Orchids: an Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 188–189. ISBN 9780618263264. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K6YClyMIqdcC&pg=PA188.
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