Cranichis muscosa

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Cypress-knee helmet orchid
Cranichis muscosa.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Genus: Cranichis
Species:
C. muscosa
Binomial name
Cranichis muscosa
Sw.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cranichis bradei Schltr.

Cranichis muscosa, the cypress-knee helmet orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchid. It is widespread across most of the West Indies, extending into Central America, southern Mexico, Belize, northern South America, and southern Florida.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 547, Cranichis muscosa Swartz, Prodr. 120. 1788.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  4. ^ Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  5. ^ Sayers, B. & Du Plooy, H. (2003). Additions to the Orchid Flora of Belize. Lankesteriana 8: 1-3.
  6. ^ Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (2005). 225(2). Orchidaceae Genera Aa-Cyrtidiorchis. Flora of Ecuador 76: 1-347. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm
  7. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  8. ^ Dueñas Gómez, H.del C. & Fernández Alonso, J.L. (2009). Sinopsis de la subfamilia Spiranthoideae (Orchidaceae) en Colombia, parte II. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 33: 157-181.
  9. ^ Macagnan, T.A., de Camargo Smidt, E. & Oliveira de Azevedo, C. (2011). A subtribo Cranichinae Lindl. (Orchidaceae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Revista Brasileira da Botánica 34: 447-461.
  10. ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

External links[]

Media related to Cranichis muscosa at Wikimedia Commons

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