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Paphinia vermiculifera

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Paphinia vermiculifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Paphinia
Species:
P. vermiculifera
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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "EPIDENDRA .:. Paphinia vermiculifera". epidendra.com. Retrieved 2023-09-06.