Govenia floridana
| Govenia floridana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Govenia |
| Species: | †G. Floridana
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| Binomial name | |
| †Govenia Floridana P.M.Br. 2000
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Govenia floridana was a perennial herb[3] that grew up to 50 cm (19.5 in) tall. It had only 2 leaves, each with a sheath 3–30 cm (1–12 in) long and an elliptical blade up to 35 cm (14 in) long. Flowers were white with purple spots.[4] It grew in deeply shaded tropical hardwood hammock habitat on the island of Long Pine Key, a 77 km2 (30 sq mi) island in Everglades National Park.[5]
References
edit- ^ Svahnström, V. 2022. Govenia floridana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T216881863A216881879. Accessed on 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Govenia floridana. NatureServe".
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
- ^ Flora of North America, Govenia floridana P. M. Brown, 2000.
- ^ "NatureServe".