Alamania
- For the historic geographic region, see Alamannia.
| Alamania punicea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
| Genus: | Alamania Lex. (1825) |
| Species: | A. punicea |
| Binomial name | |
| Alamania punicea Lex. (1825) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Epidendrum puniceum (Lex.) Rchb.f. (1862) | |
Alamania punicea is a species of epiphytic orchid[2] and the only species of the genus Alamania. It is endemic to Mexico and has two recognized varieties:[1]
- Alamania punicea subsp. greenwoodiana Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez[3] - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz
- Alamania punicea subsp. punicea - similar range
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Lexarza, Juan José Martinez de. 1824. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 3: 452
- ↑ Soto Arenas & R. Jiménez. 2003. Icones Orchidacearum 5–6: , t. 516
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