Eulophia alta

Wild coco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Cyrtopodiinae
Alliance:	Eulophia
Genus:	Eulophia
Species:	E. alta
Binomial name
Eulophia alta (L.) Fawc. & Rendle
Synonyms[1]
Limodorum altum L. Bletia alta (L.) Hitchc. Cypripedium epidendricum Vell. Cyrtopera alta (L.) Stehlé Cyrtopera amazonica Barb.Rodr. Cyrtopera longifolia (Kunth) Rchb.f. Cyrtopera longifolia var. amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. Cyrtopera longifolia var. pachystelidia Rchb.f. Cyrtopera vellosiana Barb.Rodr. Cyrtopera woodfordii Sims Cyrtopodium woodfordii Sims Dendrobium longifolium Kunth Eulophia alta f. flavescens (Schltr.) F. Barros Eulophia alta f. pallida P.M.Br. Eulophia alta f. pelchatii P.M.Br. Eulophia alta var. alba L.C. Menezes Eulophia alta var. pachystelidia (Rchb.f.) G.A. Romero Eulophia longifolia (Kunth) Schltr. Eulophia longifolia var. amazonica (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. Eulophia longifolia var. flavescens Schltr. Eulophia woodfordii (Sims) Rolfe Lissochilus amazonicus Barb.Rodr. Maxillaria longifolia (Kunth) Lindl. Paphiopedilum epidendricum (Vell.) Pfitzer Platypus altus (L.) Small Platypus papilliferus Small Xylobium longifolium (Kunth) Lindl. ex Spreng.

Eulophia alta is a species of orchid, known as the wild coco. It is widespread across tropical and subtropical parts of Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, as well as the southeastern United States (states of Georgia and Florida).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

References

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3. Flora of North America v 26 p 640, Eulophia alta (Linnaeus) Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica. 1: 112. 1910.
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5. Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
6. Toscano de Brito, A.L.V. & Cribb, P. (2006). Orquídeas da Chapada Diamantina: 1-400. Nova Fronteira, Brazil.
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10. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
11. Pansarin, E.R. & Pansarin, L.M. (2008). A família Orchidaceae na Serra do Japi, São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 87-98.
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15. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
16. Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany 5(2): 383–466.

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