Paphinia vermiculifera
Appearance
Paphinia vermiculifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Paphinia |
Species: | P. vermiculifera
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Binomial name | |
Paphinia vermiculifera |
Paphinia vermiculifera is a species of orchid found in 2003. It is endemic to Panama. It gains its name from the Latin word vermiculus meaning worm due to two distinctive worm-shaped emergences at the base of its labellum.[1] The original holotype was found in Coclé, El Valle de Antón. The plant flowered in cultivation on July 6, 2002. The holotype is kept at Missouri Botanical Garden.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The classification of this orchid species was published by Gunter Gerlach & Robert Louis Dressler; Stanhopeinae Mesoamericanae I in Laneksteriana, 8:23-30. 2003.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gerlach, Günter; Dressler, Robert L. (2003). "Stanhopeinae Mesoamericanae. I". Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology (in Spanish). doi:10.15517/lank.v3i3.22993. ISSN 2215-2067.
- ^ "EPIDENDRA .:. Paphinia vermiculifera". epidendra.com. Retrieved 2023-09-06.