Comparettia falcata
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Comparettia falcata | |
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1857 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Comparettia |
Species: | C. falcata
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Binomial name | |
Comparettia falcata Poepp. & Endl. (1836)
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Comparettia falcata is an epiphytic species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus Comparettia. It is widespread across much of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: Mexico, Belize, Central America, the West Indies and South America.[1]
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