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Brassavola cucullata
Species of orchid / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other plants called "daddy longlegs", see Daddy longlegs § Life forms.
Brassavola cucullata, common name daddy long-legs orchid, is a species of orchid native to Mexico (from Sinaloa and San Luis Potosí south to Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula), Belize, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guinea).[1][2][3][4]
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Daddy long-legs orchid | |
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1829 illustration from Curtis's botanical magazine | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Brassavola |
Species: | B. cucullata |
Binomial name | |
Brassavola cucullata (L.) R. Br. (1813) | |
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Brassavola cucullatais the type species for the genus Brassavola, and the only member of B. sect. Brassavola. The diploid chromosome number of B. cucullata has been determined as 2n = 40.[5]