Aspasia silvana
Aspasia silvana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Aspasia |
Species: | A. silvana
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Binomial name | |
Aspasia silvana F. Barros (1988)
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Aspasia silvana is a species of orchid, exclusively and endemic in the eastern Brazilian Serra do Mar mountains, from Rio de Janeiro to Bahia. It forms large colonies, however, being not a particularly common species, it is just occasionally found, mostly on areas of transition between shady forest and open areas both in rain forests and cloud montane forests.
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Categories:
- Aspasia (plant)
- Endemic orchids of Brazil
- Orchids of Bahia
- Orchids of Rio de Janeiro (state)
- Plants described in 1988
- Cymbidieae stubs