Bulbophyllum pachyrachis
| rat-tail orchid | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Bulbophyllum |
| Species: | B. pachyrachis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulbophyllum pachyrachis (A.Rich.) Griseb. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bulbophyllum pachyrachis, the rat-tail orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. It is widespread across southern Mexico, the West Indies, Central America and northern South America. It is also reported from Florida but apparently now extinct in that state.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 619, Bulbophyllum pachyrachis (A. Richard) Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. I. 613. 1864.
- ↑ Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- ↑ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- ↑ Ibisch, P. L. 1996. Neotropische Epiphytendiversitat–das Beispiel Bolivien. Archiv Naturwissenschaftlicher Dissertationen 1: 1–357.
- ↑ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
- ↑ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286
External links
- US Department of Agriculture plants profile
- The Bulbophyllum-Checklist
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, Institute for Systematic Botany, Bulbophyllum
- The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
- Dennis Giardina. 2013. Lost and found in Cuba, part I. Ghost Writer, newsletter of the Friends of Fakahatchee (Everglades City Florida USA), January 2013
- Trinidad and Tobago Nature Link
- La Selva Florula Digital, Páginas de Especies: Bulbophyllum pachyrachis, Galería photo gallery
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