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Eltroplectris

Eltroplectris, the long-claw orchid, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, the West Indies, and Florida.Eltroplectris assumpcaoana Campacci & Kautsky - Brazil Eltroplectris brachycentron Szlach. -Bolivia Eltroplectris calcarata (Sw.) Garay & H.R.Sweet - Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay Eltroplectris cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil Eltroplectris dalessandroi Dodson - Ecuador Eltroplectris janeirensis (Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil Eltroplectris kuhlmanniana (Hoehne) Szlach. & Rutk. in P.Rutkowski, D.L.Szlachetko & M.Górniak - Brazil Eltroplectris longicornu (Cogn.) Pabst - Brazil Eltroplectris macrophylla (Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil Eltroplectris misera (Kraenzl.) Szlach. - Brazil Eltroplectris rossii Dodson & G.A.Romero - Ecuador Eltroplectris schlechteriana (Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay Eltroplectris triloba (Lindl.) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay

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Long-claw orchid
Eltroplectris schlechteriana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Spiranthinae
Genus: Eltroplectris
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Centrogenium Schltr.

Eltroplectris, the long-claw orchid, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, the West Indies, and Florida.1234

  • Eltroplectris assumpcaoana Campacci & Kautsky - Brazil
  • Eltroplectris brachycentron Szlach. -Bolivia
  • Eltroplectris calcarata (Sw.) Garay & H.R.Sweet - Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
  • Eltroplectris cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil
  • Eltroplectris dalessandroi Dodson - Ecuador
  • Eltroplectris janeirensis (Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil
  • Eltroplectris kuhlmanniana (Hoehne) Szlach. & Rutk. in P.Rutkowski, D.L.Szlachetko & M.Górniak - Brazil
  • Eltroplectris longicornu (Cogn.) Pabst - Brazil
  • Eltroplectris macrophylla (Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil
  • Eltroplectris misera (Kraenzl.) Szlach. - Brazil
  • Eltroplectris rossii Dodson & G.A.Romero - Ecuador
  • Eltroplectris schlechteriana (Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
  • Eltroplectris triloba (Lindl.) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Eltroplectris calcarata
  4. Flora of North America v 26 p 524, Eltroplectris calcarata
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