Brassia maculata
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Spotted Brassia | |
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1815 illustration from Curtis's botanical magazine | |
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Alliance: | Oncidium
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Species: | B. maculata
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Brassia maculata R.Br. in W.T.Aiton (1813)
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The Spotted Brassia (Brassia maculata) is a species of orchid. It is native to southern Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua), Cuba, and Jamaica.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany 5(2): 383–466.
- ^ Hamer, F. 1988. Orchids of Central America. Selbyana 10(Suppl.): 1–430.
- ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
- ^ McLeish, I., N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams. 1995. Native Orchids of Belize. 1–278.
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