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Genus of orchids From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alamania punicea is a species of epiphytic orchids[2] and the only species of the genus Alamania. It is endemic to Mexico and has two recognized varieties:[1]
Alamania | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Epidendreae |
Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
Genus: | Alamania Lex. (1825) |
Species: | A. punicea |
Binomial name | |
Alamania punicea Lex. (1825) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Epidendrum puniceum (Lex.) Rchb.f. (1862) |
Small, epiphytic plant that prefers a cool climate, it has an ovoid pseudobulb with 2 to 3 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, articular, basal and broad leaves that blooms in an erect, terminal, cluster-shaped inflorescence that can carry one to nine red-orange flowers. It produces its flowering in the spring and early summer.
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