Biology:Stelis alleyoop

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Short description: Species of plant

Stelis alleyoop
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Stelis
Species:
S. alleyoop
Binomial name
Stelis alleyoop
Luer & R.Escobar

Stelis alleyoop is a species of leach orchid in the family Orchidaceae, native to Colombia.[1] An epiphyte, it is named for Alley Oop, the hairy caveman who is the title character of the Alley Oop comic strip.[2]

References

  1. "Stelis alleyoop Luer & R.Escobar" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77157650-1. 
  2. Luer, Carlyle A. (2016). "Icones Stelidarum (Orchidaceae) Colombiae". Harvard Papers in Botany 21: 59–92. doi:10.3100/hpib.v21iss1.2016.n6. 

Wikidata ☰ Q64160685 entry