Acineta superba

Acineta superba

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Maxillarieae
Subtribe:	Stanhopeinae
Genus:	Acineta
Species:	A. superba
Binomial name
*Acineta superba* (Kunth) Rchb.f. (1863)
Synonyms
Anguloa superba Kunth (1816) (Basionym) Acineta humboldtii (Lindl.) Lindl. (1843) Peristeria humboldtii Lindl. (1843) Peristeria humboldtii var. fulva Hook. (1845) Acineta fulva (Hook.) Klotzsch (1852) Acineta humboldtii var. schilleriana Rchb.f. (1855) Acineta schilleriana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. (1863) Acineta collosa Sander (1898) Acineta colmanii auct. (1904)

Acineta superba is a species of orchid and the type species of the genus Acineta found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

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