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Pleurothallis

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Pleurothallis, abbreviated Pths in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids commonly named bonnet orchids. [1]

36 relations: Acianthera, Alfred Cogniaux, Anathallis, Anathallis obovata, Ancipitia, Andes, Bulbophyllum, Central America, Chalcid wasp, Colombia, Dracula (plant), Epiphyte, Evolution, Florida, Genus, Gnat, Insect, List of Pleurothallis species, Masdevallia, Mexico, Missouri Botanical Garden, Monophyly, New World, Orchidaceae, Pleurothallis, Pollination, Pollinium, Pseudobulb, Restrepia, Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), South America, Species, Stelis, Stelis immersa, Terrestrial plant, West Indies.

Acianthera

Acianthera is a genus of orchids native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere, especially Brazil.

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Alfred Cogniaux

Alfred Célestin Cogniaux (April 7, 1841 – April 15, 1916) was a Belgian botanist.

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Anathallis

Anathallis is a genus of orchids, comprising about 97 species native to Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.

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Anathallis obovata

Anathallis obovata, the South American bonnet orchid, is a species of orchid.

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Ancipitia

Ancipitia is a genus of orchids originating from South America, currently consisting of 28 species.

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Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae.

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Central America

Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.

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Chalcid wasp

Chalcid wasps (for their metallic colour) are insects within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, part of the order Hymenoptera.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Dracula (plant)

The orchid genus Dracula, abbreviated as Drac in horticultural trade, consists of 118 species native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

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Epiphyte

An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it.

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Evolution

Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gnat

A gnat is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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List of Pleurothallis species

Pleurothallis is a large genus that previously contained about 1240 orchids from the orchid family (Orchidaceae).

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Masdevallia

Masdevallia, abbreviated Masd in horticultural trade, is a large genus of flowering plants of the Pleurothallidinae, a subtribe of the orchid family (Orchidaceae).

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Monophyly

In cladistics, a monophyletic group, or clade, is a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor.

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New World

The New World is one of the names used for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands such as those of the Caribbean and Bermuda).

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Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family.

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Pleurothallis

Pleurothallis, abbreviated Pths in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids commonly named bonnet orchids.

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Pollination

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from a male part of a plant to a female part of a plant, enabling later fertilisation and the production of seeds, most often by an animal or by wind.

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Pollinium

A pollinium (plural pollinia) is a coherent mass of pollen grains in a plant that are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination, as a single unit.

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Pseudobulb

The pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids.

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Restrepia

Restrepia, abbreviated Rstp in horticultural trade, is a small genus of 49 orchids in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), closely related to Pleurothallis.

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Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)

Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Stelis

Leach orchids (genus Stelis) is a large group of orchids, with perhaps 500 species.

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Stelis immersa

Stelis immersa is a species of orchid found from Mexico to northern Venezuela.

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Terrestrial plant

A terrestrial plant is a plant that grows on or in or from land.

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West Indies

The West Indies or the Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurothallis

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