Scaphyglottis bidentata

Scaphyglottis bidentata
Flower of Scaphyglottis bidentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Scaphyglottis
Species: S. bidentata
Binomial name
Scaphyglottis bidentata
(Lindl.) Dressler
Synonyms

Hexisea bidentata Lindl. (basionym)

Scaphyglottis bidentata is a species of orchid found in the American Tropics from Costa Rica to northern Brazil. It is the type species of the genus Hexisea, and was published before the generic epithet Scaphyglottis. In a reversal of the usual rules for taxonomy, the genus Scaphyglotts was conserved against Hexisea when the two genera were combined.[1] The generic epithet Hexisea was retained as correct, however, in discussions limited to the species which had traditionally been placed in Hexisea.

References and external links

  1. Robert Louis Dresssler, "Proposal to Cconserve Scaphyglottis Against Hexisea (Orchidaceae)." Taxon43: 665-666 (1994)
External identifiers for Scaphyglottis bidentata
NCBI 494561
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