Biology:Brassia lanceana

Short description: Species of orchid

Lance's brassia
1836 illustration Edwards's Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Brassia
Species:	B. lanceana
Binomial name
Brassia lanceana Lindl. (1835)
Synonyms
Oncidium suaveolens Rchb.f. (1863) Brassia lanceana var. minor Schltr. (1925) Brassia josstiana Rchb.f. in E.A.von Regel (1854) Oncidium josstianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers (1864)

Brassia lanceana, or Lance's brassia, is a species of orchid. It is native to Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and northern Brazil .

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4957941 entry