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Chamelophyton

Chamelophyton
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Chamelophyton
Garay
Species:
C. kegelii
Binomial name
Chamelophyton kegelii
(Rchb.f.) Garay
Synonyms[1]
  • Garayella Brieger
  • Restrepia kegelii Rchb.f.
  • Barbosella kegelii (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • Pleurothallis hexandra Garay & Dunst.
  • Garayella hexandra (Garay & Dunst.) Brieger

Chamelophyton is a genus of orchids.[2] As of May 2014, only one species is known, Chamelophyton kegelii, native to Suriname and Venezuela.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Garay, Leslie Andrew. 1974. Orquideología; Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideología 9: 115.
  3. ^ Luer, C. A. 1986. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–I. Systematics of the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 1–81.


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