Lycaste macrophylla

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Lycaste macrophylla
Lycaste macrophylla (as Lycaste plana) - Edwards vol 29 (NS 6) pl 35 (1843).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Lycaste
Species:
L. macrophylla
Binomial name
Lycaste macrophylla
(Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl.
Synonyms
  • Maxillaria macrophylla Poepp. & Endl. (basionym)
  • Maxillaria phyllomega Steud.
  • Lycaste plana Lindl.
  • Lycaste filomenoi Schltr.
  • Lycaste macrophylla subsp. filomenoi (Schltr.)  [es]
  • Lycaste macrophylla subsp. plana (Lindl.)  [es]
  • Lycaste macrophylla var. plana (Lindl.)  [es]

Lycaste macrophylla is a species of terrestrial orchid native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia.[1] It is the type species of the genus Lycaste.

References[]

  1. ^ La Croix, I. F.; Aubron, Manuel (2008). The New Encyclopedia of Orchids: 1500 Species in Cultivation. Timber Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-88192-876-1.

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