Characteristics
Monocots
Prosthechea cochleata (L.)W.E.Higgins
CLAMSHELL ORCHID; FLORIDA COCKLESHELL ORCHID
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Native
Endangered-State
Classification
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ASPARAGALES
Prosthechea cochleata (L.)W.E.Higgins - CLAMSHELL ORCHID; FLORIDA COCKLESHELL ORCHID
Citation
PROSTHECHEA COCHLEATA (Linnaeus) W. E. Higgins, Phytologia 82: 377. 1998 ("1997").
Epidendrum cochleatum Linnaeus 1763.
HAITI: Without data (lectotype: Plumier, Pl. Amer. t. 185(2). 1759). Lectotypified by Garay, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Orchid. 130. 1974.
Species Distribution Map
Plant Photos
Prosthechea cochleata
- Walter K. Taylor
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Prosthechea cochleata
- Roger Hammer
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Prosthechea cochleata
- Shirley Denton
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Prosthechea cochleata
- Keith Bradley
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