Lycaste macrophylla

Lycaste macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Lycastinae
Genus: Lycaste
Species: L. macrophylla
Binomial name
Lycaste macrophylla
(Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl.
Synonyms

Lycaste macrophylla is a species of terrestrial orchid native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia.[1] It is the type species of the genus Lycaste.

References

  1. La Croix, I. F.; Aubron, Manuel (2008). The New Encyclopedia of Orchids: 1500 Species in Cultivation. Timber Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-88192-876-1.
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