Brassia cochleata

Brassia cochleata
1841 illustration
Edwards's Botanical Register
as Brassia lawrenceana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Alliance: Oncidium
Genus: Brassia
Species: B. cochleata
Binomial name
Brassia cochleata
Knowles & Westc. (1838)
Synonyms
  • Brassia lawrenceana Lindl. (1841)
  • Oncidium lawrenceanum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1863)[1]

Brassia cochleata is an epiphytic species of orchid. it is native to northern South America (French Guinea, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil).[1]

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