''Barbosella cogniauxiana'' is a species of
orchid
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 ...
.
It is native to the
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
in southern
Brazil
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(States of
São Paulo
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,
Santa Catarina,
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Paraná); and in eastern
Argentina
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in
Misiones
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state.
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/ref>[Luer, C. A. 2000. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–XX. Systematics of ''Jostia, Andinia, Barbosella, Barbrodria, Pleurothallis'' subgen. ''Antilla'', subgen. ''Effusa'', subgen. ''Restrepioidia''. Addenda to ''Lepanthes, Masdevallia, Platystele, Pleurothallis, Restrepiopsis, Scaphosepalum'' and ''Teagueia''. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 79: 1–140.]
See also
* List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil
A list of native plants found in the Atlantic Forest Biome of southeastern and southern Brazil. Additions occur as botanical discoveries and reclassifications are presented. They are grouped under their botanical Families.
Acanthaceae
* '' Mendo ...
References
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cogniauxiana
Orchids of Brazil
Orchids of Argentina
Flora of the Atlantic Forest
Plants described in 1908
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