Biology:Paphinia vermiculifera
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Short description: Species of orchid
| Paphinia vermiculifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Paphinia |
| Species: | P. vermiculifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Paphinia vermiculifera G.Gerlach & Dressler
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Paphinia vermiculifera is a species of orchid found in 2003. It is endemic to Panama. It gains its name from the Latin word vermiculus meaning worm due to two distinctive worm-shaped emergences at the base of its labellum.[1] The original holotype was found in Coclé, El Valle de Antón. The plant flowered in cultivation on July 6, 2002. The holotype is kept at Missouri Botanical Garden.[2]
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Gunter Gerlach & Robert Louis Dressler; Stanhopeinae Mesoamericanae I in Laneksteriana, 8:23-30. 2003.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gerlach, Günter; Dressler, Robert L. (2003). "Stanhopeinae Mesoamericanae. I" (in es). Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology. doi:10.15517/lank.v3i3.22993. ISSN 2215-2067. https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/22993.
- ↑ "EPIDENDRA .:. Paphinia vermiculifera". https://epidendra.com/taxones/Paphinia/Paphinia%20vermiculifera/index.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q3007135 entry
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