Malaxis excavata

Malaxis excavata
	1895 drawing; Malaxis excavata is at left; as Microstylis hastilabia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Malaxideae
Genus:	Malaxis
Species:	M. excavata
Binomial name
	Malaxis excavata; (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
Synonyms
	List Microstylis excavata Lindl. 1838 ; Cheiropterocephalus sertuliferus Barb.Rodr. ; Epidendrum umbellatum Vell. 1827 not G. Forst. 1786 ; Malaxis caracasana (Klotzsch ex Ridl.) Kuntze ; Malaxis carpinterae (Schltr.) Ames ; Malaxis hastilabia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze ; Malaxis maguirei C.Schweinf. ; Malaxis ottonis (Schltr.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez ; Malaxis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst ; Malaxis uncinata Ames & C.Schweinf. ; Microstylis caracasana Klotzsch ex Ridl. ; Microstylis carpinterae Schltr. ; Microstylis hastilabia Rchb.f. ; Microstylis hastilabia var. major Porsch ; Microstylis muelleri Schltr. ; Microstylis ottonis Schltr. ; Microstylis paranaensis Schltr. ; Microstylis quadrangularis Cogn. ; Microstylis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. ; Microstylis spiralipetala Cogn. ;

Malaxis excavata is a species of orchid widespread across much of Mesoamerica and South America from Mexico to Argentina. It has green flowers in a flat-topped array.^[3]^[4]

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