Comparettia falcata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Comparettia falcata']

• English: Snail orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Oncidiinae • Genus: Comparettia • Species: Comparettia falcata Poepp. & Endl. (1836)

Type species

Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Comparettia falcata
  plate 4980 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 83,
  (1857)
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  Comparettia falcata
  Plate 359 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Comparettia falcata
  plate 42, fig. I in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 4
  (1893-1896)
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  Comparettia falcata
  (as syn.
  Comparettia paulensis)
  plate 120, fig. I in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 6
  (1904-1906)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Regional: Northern South America' French Guiana, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Comparettia falcata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Comparettia falcata