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Ornithocephalus (plant)

Ornithocephalus
Ornithocephalus kruegeri - fl.jpg
Ornithocephalus ciliatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Ornithocephalinae
Genus: Ornithocephalus
Hook. (1824)
Type species
Ornithocephalus gladiatus
Hook. (1824)
Synonyms
  • Sphyrastylis Schltr.
  • Oakes-Amesia C.Schweinf. & P.H.Allen

Ornithocephalus is a genus of orchids comprising more than 50 known species widespread in South America, Central America, Southern Mexico, Trinidad and the Windward Islands.

Species accepted as of June 2014:


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