Chysis bractescens

Chysis bractescens
	1841 illustration from; Edwards's Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Chysis
Species:	C. bractescens
Binomial name
	Chysis bractescens; Lindl. (1840)
Synonyms
	Chysis aurea var. bractescens (Lindl.) P.H.Allen; Thorvaldsenia speciosa Liebm. (1844); Chysis makoyi Heynh. (1846);

Chysis bractescens is a species of orchid. It is native to Oaxaca, Tabasco, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Pérez J., L. A., M. Sousa Sánchez, A. M. Hanan-Alipi, F. Chiang Cabrera & P. Tenorio L. 2005. Vegetación terrestre. 65–110. In J. Bueno, F Álvarez & S. Santiago, Biodiversidad del Estado de Tabasco. CONABIO-UNAM, México.
^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.

Lindley, J. (1840) Edwards's Botanical Register 26: misc. 61.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 173 ff. Oxford University Press.
Chiron, G. & Archila Morales, F. (2010) Conspectus neotropicus mesoamericanus. Le genre Chysis Lindley (Orchidaceae). Richardiana 10: 161–192.

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