Malaxis brachystachys

Malaxis brachystachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Malaxideae
Genus:	Malaxis
Species:	M. brachystachys
Binomial name
	Malaxis brachystachys; (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891
Synonyms
	List Microstylis brachystachys Rchb.f. 1849 ; Microstylis brachystachya Rchb.f. ; Malaxis brachystachya (Rchb.f.) Kuntze ; Achroanthes corymbosa (S.Watson) Greene ; Malaxis corymbosa (S.Watson) Kuntze ; Microstylis corymbosa S.Watson 1883 ;

Malaxis brachystachys is a North 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

photo of herbarium specimen at University of Texas, collected in Coahuila in 1995

[1] The Plant List, Malaxis brachystachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze

[2] Tropicos, Malaxis brachystachya (Rchb. f.) Kuntze

[3] Flora of North America, Malaxis corymbosa (S. Watson) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673. 1891.

[4] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[5] Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Botany 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395

[6] SEINet, Southwestern biodiversity, Arizona chapter

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