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Internal ID UUID643ff1479b5a9757488405
Scientific name Acianthera auriculata
Authority (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
First published in Lindleyana 16(4): 242 (2001).

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It is a small epiphytic orchid, meaning it grows on other plants or trees. The plant has a short stem and two to three leaves, and produces a single flower. The flower has a yellow-green color and is shaped like a star. It has three sepals and three petals, and a long, thin, curved lip. The plant is found in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, in humid and shady areas. It is a rare species, and is threatened by habitat destruction.

Acianthera auriculata is a rare species of orchid native to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. It is an epiphytic orchid, meaning it grows on other plants or trees, and has a short stem with two to three leaves. The flower is yellow-green in color and star-shaped, with three sepals and three petals, and a long, thin, curved lip. Unfortunately, the species is threatened by habitat destruction.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Humboltia auriculata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 667 (1891)
Pleurothallis anthoxantha Rchb.f. Bot. Ergebn. : 149 (1866)
Pleurothallis auriculata Lindl. Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 356 (1837)
Pleurothallis compressiflora Barb.Rodr. Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 13 (1881)
Specklinia auriculata (Lindl.) F.Barros Hoehnea 10: 109 (1983 publ. 1984)
Arthrosia auriculata (Lindl.) Luer Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 248 (2006)
Acianthera compressiflora (Barb.Rodr.) Chiron & Van den Berg Richardiana 12: 73 (2012)

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Chinese 耳状梗帽兰

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000337081
Tropicos 50210014
INPN 716687
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1195848-2
The Plant List kew-217433
Open Tree Of Life 506521
NCBI Taxonomy 125473
IPNI 20003560-1
iNaturalist 880639
GBIF 2840017
EOL 1127497
Wikipedia Acianthera_auriculata

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