Comparettia falcata
Comparettia falcata is an epiphytic species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus Comparettia. It is widespread across much of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: Mexico, Belize, Central America, the West Indies and South America.[1]
Comparettia falcata | |
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1857 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Comparettia |
Species: | C. falcata |
Binomial name | |
Comparettia falcata Poepp. & Endl. (1836) | |
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