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Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. The Orchidaceae have about 28,000 currently accepted species, distributed in about 763 genera. (See ''External links'' below). The determination of which family is larger is still under debate, because verified data on the members of such enormous families are continually in flux. Regardless, the number of orchid species is nearly equal to the number of bony fishes, more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. The family encompasses about 6–11% of all species of seed plants. The largest genera are ''Bulbophyllum'' (2,000 species), ''Epidendrum'' (1,500 species), ''Dendrobium'' (1,400 species) and ''Pleurothallis'' (1,000 species). It also includes ''Vanilla'' (the genus of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anathallis
''Anathallis'' is a genus of orchids, comprising about 97 species native to Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. Selected species The genus includes the following species: * '' Anathallis abbreviata'' * '' Anathallis acuminata'' (Kunth) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 247 (2001). * '' Anathallis adenochila'' * '' Anathallis adrianae'' * '' Anathallis anderssonii'' (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 247 (2001). * '' Anathallis anfracta'' * '' Anathallis angulosa'' * '' Anathallis angustilabia'' (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 247 (2001). * '' Anathallis ariasii'' (Luer & Hirtz) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 247 (2001). * '' Anathallis aristulata'' (Lindl.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 112: 118 (2007). * '' Anathallis articulata'' * '' Anathallis attenuata'' (Rolfe) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 247 (2001). * '' Anathallis barbulata'' * '' Anathallis bertoniensis'' * '' Anathallis bleyensis'' (Pabst) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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