Neocogniauxia

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Neocogniauxia
Neocogniauxia monophylla (as Laelia monophylla) - Curtis' 109 (Ser. 3 no. 39) pl. 6683 (1883).jpg
Neocogniauxia monophylla
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Neocogniauxia
Schltr.
Species
Neocogniauxia hexaptera

Neocogniauxia is a genus of orchids, (family Orchidaceae), consisting of two species in the Greater Antilles.

Neocogniauxia hexaptera (Cogn.) Schltr. is endemic to Hispaniola and Neocogniauxia monophylla (Griseb.) Schltr. to Jamaica

The genus is named for botanist Alfred Cogniaux.

References[]

  • Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 252–253, 2000

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