Malaxis brachystachys
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Malaxis |
| Species: | M. brachystachys
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List
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Malaxis brachystachys is a North American species of orchid native to Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States (Arizona). It usually has only one leaf, though occasionally two. Flowers are small and green, in a flat-topped array.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ The Plant List, Malaxis brachystachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
- ^ Tropicos, Malaxis brachystachya (Rchb. f.) Kuntze
- ^ Flora of North America, Malaxis corymbosa (S. Watson) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673. 1891.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Botany 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern biodiversity, Arizona chapter
External links
Media related to Malaxis brachystachys at Wikimedia Commons- photo of herbarium specimen at University of Texas, collected in Coahuila in 1995
