Octomeria crassifolia

Octomeria crassifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Octomeria
Species:
O. crassifolia
Binomial name
Octomeria crassifolia
Synonyms[1]

Octomeria crassifolia is a species of orchid found from eastern Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.[1][2][3]

It is self-incompatible, and pollinated by flies of the family Sciaridae.[4]


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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Pansarin, E.R. & Pansarin, L.M. (2008). A família Orchidaceae na Serra do Japi, São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 87-98.
  3. ↑ Schinini, A. (2010). Orquídeas nativas del Paraguay. Rojasiana 9: 1-316.
  4. ↑ Vélez-Abarca, Leisberth; Jiménez, Marco M.; Baquero, Luis E. (28 April 2021). "Two new species of Octomeria (Pleurothallidinae) from Cordillera del Cóndor, Zamora Chichinpe, Ecuador". Lankesteriana. 21 (1): 33–44. doi:10.15517/lank.v21i1.46777. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
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