Trichocentrum carthagenense, also known as the Coot Bay dancing lady orchid, is a species of orchid found from the Everglades, the Caribbean and Mexico, Central America and down to northern Brazil.[1] The species name refers to the Cartagena, Colombia, where it was first collected in 1760.[2]
Trichocentrum carthagenense | |
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Illustration of Trichocentrum carthagenense | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Trichocentrum |
Species: | T. carthagenense
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Binomial name | |
Trichocentrum carthagenense | |
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References
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- ^ Cetzal-Ix, William; Carnevali, Germán; Romero-González, Gustavo (2016). "SYNOPSIS OF THE TRICHOCENTRUM-CLADE (ORCHIDACEAE, ONCIDIINAE)". Harvard Papers in Botany. 21 (2): 141–169. doi:10.3100/hpib.v21iss2.2016.n3. ISSN 1043-4534. JSTOR 90000319. S2CID 90477190.
- ^ Hammer, Roger L. (2015-01-06). Everglades Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Historic Everglades, including Big Cypress, Corkscrew, and Fakahatchee Swamps. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-4930-1459-0.