Brassavola tuberculata is a species of orchid native to Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.[1]
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1829 illustration from Curtis's botanical magazine | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Brassavola |
Species: | B. tuberculata
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Binomial name | |
Brassavola tuberculata Hook. (1829)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Its diploid chromosome number has been determined as 2n = 40; its haploid chromosome number has been determined as n = 20.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ page 250. Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278, The Linnean Society of London
- Media related to Brassavola tuberculata at Wikimedia Commons