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Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vitekorchis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.[1]
Vitekorchis | |
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Vitekorchis excavata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
Subtribe: | Oncidiinae |
Genus: | Vitekorchis Romowicz & Szlach. |
It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela in western South America.[1]
As accepted by Kew:[1]
The genus name of Vitekorchis is in honour of Ernst Vitek (b. 1953), an Austrian botanist at the museum of natural history in Vienna.[2] It was first described and published in Polish Bot. J. Vol.51 on page 45 in 2006.[1]
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