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Comparettia macroplectron
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| Comparettia falcata Poepp. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Monocotyledons or monocots are one of two major groups of Flowering plants (angiosperms that are traditionally recognised the other being Dicotyledons Asparagales is an order of Flowering plants The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly The Cymbidieae is a Tribe within the family of Orchids. The Oncidiinae is a Subtribe within the Orchidaceae that consists of a number of genera that are closely related John Lindley ( February 8, 1799 - November 1, 1865) was an English Botanist. In biology a type is that which fixes a name to a Taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question a type may be a specimen et Endl. |
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Comparettia, abbreviated Comp in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic It consists of 14 species, native to tropical America, in particular the Andes. The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America.