Dracula cordobae
| Dracula cordobae | |
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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: | Dracula |
| Species: | D. cordobae
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| Binomial name | |
| Dracula cordobae Luer 1979
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Dracula cordobae is a species of orchid found in the montane cloud forest of south western Ecuador at elevations of 750 to 1000 meters.[1]
Description
[edit]It is a medium-sized orchid, with an epiphyte habit and with very short ramicaules basally wrapped by 2 to 3 acuminate tubular sheaths and bearing a single, apical, narrowly obovate leaf that is conduplicated below the petiole. It blooms in a lateral inflorescence, from the base of the ramicaule, with successively a single flower that heads below the plant.
Taxonomy
[edit]The type species was discovered by Sr. Clever Córdova in El Oro, Ecuador at 800 meters, July 19, 1979 and described in the journal Selbyana by Carlyle A. Luer
References
[edit]- ^ "Tropicos". Tropicos (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 2021-11-06.
External links
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Media related to Dracula cordobae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dracula cordobae at Wikispecies
