''Chysis bractescens'' 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 flowerin ...
. It is native to Oaxaca, Tabasco, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
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/ref>[García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.]
References
* (1840) Edwards's Botanical Register 26: misc. 61.
* (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 173 ff. Oxford University Press.
* (2010) Conspectus neotropicus mesoamericanus. Le genre Chysis Lindley (Orchidaceae). Richardiana 10: 161–192.
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bractescens
Epiphytic orchids
Orchids of Mexico
Orchids of Central America
Orchids of Belize
Plants described in 1840
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