Stanhopea embreei

Stanhopea embreei is a species of orchid.

Stanhopea embreei
Stanhopea embreei flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Stanhopea
Species:	S. embreei
Binomial name
Stanhopea embreei Dodson

The classification of this species was published by Calaway H. Dodson in Selbyana, 1: 128. 1975. The original isotype was collected by Dodson.

Distribution: Cañar (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America).

The holotype is kept at Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL).

Etymology: This species is named for Alvin Embree, an American orchidologist.

Molecular analysis by Whitten al. revealed the major chemical component of this species fragrance is trans-methyl cinnamate.

Closely related species are Stanhopea frymirei & Stanhopea jenischiana based on molecular data.

Gallery

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  Stan. embreei
  in spike
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  Stan. embreei
  developing inflorescence
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  Stan. embreei
  flower
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  Stan. embreei
  detail view of labellum and column
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  Stan. embreei
  back view of labellum

References

• Norris H. Williams & W. Mark Whitten, Molecular phylogeny and floral fragrances of male euglossine bee-pollinated orchids: A study of Stanhopea (Orchidaceae). Plant Species Biology (1999) 14, 129-136.

External links

• Media related to Stanhopea embreei at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Stanhopea embreei at Wikispecies