Neocogniauxia

Neocogniauxia
Neocogniauxia monophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Neocogniauxia
Species

Neocogniauxia is a genus of orchids, (family Orchidaceae), consisting of two species in the Greater Antilles.

Neocogniauxia hexaptera (Cogn.) Schltr. is endemic to Hispaniola and Neocogniauxia monophylla (Griseb.) Schltr. to Jamaica

The genus is named for botanist Alfred Cogniaux.

References

    • Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 252-253, 2000

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