- Myrmecophila humboldtii
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Myrmecophila humboldtii Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Epidendreae Subtribe: Laeliinae Alliance: Cattleya Genus: Myrmecophila
Rolfe, 1917Species: Myrmecophila humboldtii
Rolfe, 1917Myrmecophila humboldtii is a species in the orchid family found in Central America.[1] The species is named after Alexander von Humboldt. Its natural distribution is from the South Caribbean to Venezuela.[1]
Synonyms brought about by previous taxonomic classifications of the species include:[1]
- Laelia humholdtii (L. O. Williams, 1941)
- Bletia humboldtii (Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, 1862)
- Schomburgkia humboldtii (1856)
- Epidendrum humboldtii (Carl Linnaeus, 1850)
Notes
- ^ a b c Govaerts, R.. "Myrmecophila humboldtii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917).". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=132047.
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