Ponthieva maculata

Spotted Ponthieva
Flower of Ponthieva maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Cranichidinae
Genus: Ponthieva
Species: P. maculata
Binomial name
Ponthieva maculata
Lindl.
Synonyms[1]

Ponthieva wallisii Rchb.f.

Ponthieva maculata, the Spotted Ponthieva, is a species of orchid[2] found from Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica and Ecuador.[1][3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Lindley, John. 1845. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15: 385
  3. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  4. Dueñas Gómez, H.del C. & Fernández Alonso, J.L. (2009). Sinopsis de la subfamilia Spiranthoideae (Orchidaceae) en Colombia, parte II. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 33: 157-181.
  5. Garcia Castro, J. B., D. E. M. Retana & M. E. R. Rossi. 1993. Lista de orquídeas comunes a Costa Rica y Panama. Brenesia 39–40: 93–107.
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