Malaxis brachystachys

Malaxis brachystachys is a North species of orchid native to Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States (Arizona). It usually has only one leaf, though occasionally two. Flowers are small and green, in a flat-topped array.[3][4][5][6]

Malaxis brachystachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Malaxideae
Genus:
Malaxis
Species:
M. brachystachys
Binomial name
Malaxis brachystachys
(Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891
Synonyms[1][2]

References
  1. The Plant List, Malaxis brachystachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
  2. Tropicos, Malaxis brachystachya (Rchb. f.) Kuntze
  3. Flora of North America, Malaxis corymbosa (S. Watson) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673. 1891.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Botany 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395
  6. SEINet, Southwestern biodiversity, Arizona chapter
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