Lycaste macrophylla

Lycaste macrophylla

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Maxillarieae
Subtribe:	Lycastinae
Genus:	Lycaste
Species:	L. macrophylla
Binomial name
*Lycaste macrophylla* (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl.
Synonyms
Maxillaria macrophylla Poepp. & Endl. (basionym) Maxillaria phyllomega Steud. Lycaste plana Lindl. Lycaste filomenoi Schltr. Lycaste macrophylla subsp. filomenoi (Schltr.) Fowlie Lycaste macrophylla subsp. plana (Lindl.) Fowlie Lycaste macrophylla var. plana (Lindl.) Oakeley

Lycaste macrophylla is a species of terrestrial orchid native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia.^[1] It is the type species of the genus Lycaste.

References

↑ La Croix, I. F.; Aubron, Manuel (2008). The New Encyclopedia of Orchids: 1500 Species in Cultivation. Timber Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-88192-876-1.

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