Ornithocephalus gladiatus

Ornithocephalus gladiatus
Ornithocephalus gladiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Ornithocephalinae
Genus: Ornithocephalus
Species: O. gladiatus
Binomial name
Ornithocephalus gladiatus
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Synonyms[1]
  • Ornithocephalus bonplandii Rchb.f.
  • Ornithocephalus ibis Rchb.f.
  • Ornithocephalus gladiatus var. peruvianus C.Schweinf.

Ornithocephalus gladiatus is a species of orchid found from Grenada, Trinidad, the Guianas, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  3. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

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