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Dendrophylax

Synonyms: Harrisella; Polyradicion; Polyrrhiza

Wikipedia Abstract

Dendrophylax is a genus of leafless neotropical orchids (family Orchidaceae) native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and Florida. The name is from Greek δένδρον ("tree") and φύλαξ ("guard; keeper"). One species, Dendrophylax lindenii, featured heavily in the book The Orchid Thief.
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Species

Dendrophylax alcoa
Dendrophylax barrettiae
Dendrophylax constanzensis
Dendrophylax fawcettii (Cayman Islands ghost orchid) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Dendrophylax filiformis (needleroot bentspur orchid) (Attributes)
Dendrophylax funalis
Dendrophylax gracilis
Dendrophylax helorrhiza
Dendrophylax lindenii (palmpolly) (Attributes)
Dendrophylax macrocarpus
Dendrophylax megarhizus
Dendrophylax porrectus (needleroot airplant orchid) (Attributes)
Dendrophylax sallei
Dendrophylax serpentilingua
Dendrophylax varius

External References

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