Malaxis excavata

Malaxis excavata
1895 drawing
Malaxis excavata is at left
as Microstylis hastilabia[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Malaxideae
Genus: Malaxis
Species: M. excavata
Binomial name
Malaxis excavata
(Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
Synonyms[2]

Malaxis excavata is a species of orchid widespread across much of Mesoamerica and South America from Mexico to Argentina. It has green flowers in a flat-topped array.[3][4]


References

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