Paphinia nutans

Taxobox
name = Orchid genus "Paphinia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Maxillarieae
subtribus = Stanhopeinae
genus = Paphinia
species = nutans

Paphinia nutans is a species of orchid. The International Plant Name Index list this species as possibly the same as "aphinia grandiflora" but this is un-confirmed. The classification of this orchid species was published by M. Houllet in "Revue Horticole", 188. 1878 - Paris, France. Houllet was a French orchid collector in Brazil and later the director of the Botanic Jardin des Plantes in Paris during 19th century. The orchid genus "Houlletia" is named after him.

References

* [http://www.ipni.org International Plant Names Index (IPNI)]