Brassia_caudata

<i>Brassia caudata</i>

Brassia caudata

Species of flowering plant known as the tailed Brassia, spider orchid and cricket orchid

Brassia caudata is a species of orchid. It is found widespread across the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, reported from southern Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz), Central America, southern Florida, Greater Antilles, Trinidad, northern South America.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is also known by the common names tailed Brassia, spider orchid and cricket orchid.

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References

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    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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    Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
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    Dodson, C.H. & D. E. Bennett. 1989. Orchids of Peru. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Series II. Fascicle 1–2: 1–200.
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