Cycnoches pentadactylon

Cycnoches pentadactylon is a species of swan orchid native to Peru and Brazil.[1][2]

Cycnoches pentadactylon
1843 illustration from
Edwards's Botanical Register[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cycnoches
Species:
C. pentadactylon
Binomial name
Cycnoches pentadactylon
Lindl. (1843)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cycnoches amesianum J.Saunders (1902)
  • Cycnoches espiritosantense Brade (1942)

References

  1. Lindley, John. 1843. Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 29 (NS 6) plate 22 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/242342)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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