Aspidogyne mendoncae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Cranichideae |
| Genus: | Aspidogyne |
| Species: | A. mendoncae
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspidogyne mendoncae | |
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Aspidogyne mendoncae is a species of orchid that grows in Brazil.
Biology
[edit]Aspidogyne mendoncae grows in humus on the floor of lowland forests, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.[1]
Taxonomic history
[edit]Aspidogyne mendoncae was first described by Alexander Curt Brade and Guido Frederico João Pabst in 1958, under the name Erythrodes mendoncae. In 1977, Leslie Andrew Garay transferred the species to a new, monotypic genus, Rhamphorhynchus, as Rhamphorhynchus mendoncae.[2] In 2008, Paul Ormerod concluded that the genus Rhamphorhynchyus could not be maintained as separate from Aspidogyne, creating the current combination, Aspidogyne mendoncae.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Alec M. Pridgeon (2003). "162. Rhamphorhynchus". Genera Orchidacearum: Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part 2), Vanilloideae. Oxford University Press. pp. 141–142. ISBN 978-0-19-850711-6.
- ^ L. A. Garay (1977). "Systematics of the Physurinae (Orchidaceae) in the New World". Bradea. 2: 191–208.
- ^ Paul Ormerod (2008). "Studies of Neotropical Goodyerinae (Orchidaceae) 3". Harvard Papers in Botany. 13 (1): 55–87. doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2008)13[55:SONGO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 91449020.
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