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Brassavola angustata

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Brassavola angustata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Brassavola
Species:
B. angustata
Binomial name
Brassavola angustata
Synonyms[1]
  • Bletia angustata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
  • Brassavola surinamensis Focke
  • Bletia attenuata Rchb.f.

Brassavola angustata is a species of orchid native to Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, and Roraima.[1] In Henry G. Jones' revision of Brassavola, he placed it in B. sect. Sessilabia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ H. G. Jones: "Nomenclatural revision o the genus Brassavola R. Br. of the Orchidaceae" Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 79(1975)9—22