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Encyclia tampensis (Tampa butterfly orchid)

Synonyms: Encyclia tampensis f. albolabia; Epidendrum tampense (homotypic); Epidendrum tampense var. albolabium

Wikipedia Abstract

Encyclia tampensis (Encyclia from Greek - enkykleoma "to encircle" and tampensis - "Tampa") or Tampa Butterfly Orchid is a species of flowering plant in the Orchid family, subfamily Epidendroideae. This species was first described by John Torrey in 1846.
View Wikipedia Record: Encyclia tampensis

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
De Soto National Wildlife Refuge IV 8007 Iowa, Nebraska, United States
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Fort Caroline National Memorial III 137 Florida, United States
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Predators

Pseudococcus importatus (imported mealybug)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0