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Internal ID UUID644034c3d72e1215377060
Scientific name Comparettia falcata
Authority Poepp. & Endl.
First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 42 (1836)

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Language Common/alternative name
English snail orchid

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Comparettia falcata var. falcata Unknown
Comparettia falcata var. paulensis (Cogn.) I.Bock Orchidee (Hamburg) 37: 203 (1986)

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000918761
USDA Plants COFA2
Tropicos 23503218
INPN 731982
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:624153-1
The Plant List kew-46418
Open Tree Of Life 464026
Observations.org 156674
NCBI Taxonomy 493960
IPNI 624153-1
iNaturalist 121934
GBIF 2796000
Freebase /m/065z6c5
EOL 1091945
Wikipedia Comparettia_falcata

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ornithophily in the subtribe Maxillariinae (Orchidaceae) proven with a case study of Ornithidium fulgens in Guatemala Lipińska MM, Archila FL, Haliński ŁP, Łuszczek D, Szlachetko DL, Kowalkowska AK Sci Rep 04-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC8980101
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09146-4
PMID:35379839
Recovery of mycorrhizal fungi from wild collected protocorms of Madagascan endemic orchid Aerangis ellisii (B.S. Williams) Schltr. and their use in seed germination in vitro Kendon JP, Yokoya K, Zettler LW, Jacob AS, McDiarmid F, Bidartondo MI, Sarasan V Mycorrhiza 14-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7410863
doi:10.1007/s00572-020-00971-x
PMID:32535694
In Vitro Propagation of Gastrochilus matsuran (Makino) Schltr., an Endangered Epiphytic Orchid Kang H, Kang KW, Kim DH, Sivanesan I Plants (Basel) 18-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7238253
doi:10.3390/plants9040524
PMID:32325758
Reproductive isolation and pollination success of rewarding Galearis diantha and non-rewarding Ponerorchis chusua (Orchidaceae) Sun HQ, Huang BQ, Yu XH, Kou Y, An DJ, Luo YB, Ge S Ann Bot 20-Oct-2010
PMCID:PMC3002470
doi:10.1093/aob/mcq210
PMID:20961923
Pollination biology of Eulophia alta (Orchidaceae) in Amazonia: effects of pollinator composition on reproductive success in different populations Jürgens A, Bosch SR, Webber AC, Witt T, Frame D, Gottsberger G Ann Bot 08-Aug-2009
PMCID:PMC2749546
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp191
PMID:19666899
Floral convergence in Oncidiinae (Cymbidieae; Orchidaceae): an expanded concept of Gomesa and a new genus Nohawilliamsia Chase MW, Williams NH, de Faria AD, Neubig KM, Amaral MD, Whitten WM Ann Bot 04-Apr-2009
PMCID:PMC2720657
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp067
PMID:19346522
Bird Pollination in an Angraecoid Orchid on Reunion Island (Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean) MICHENEAU C, FOURNEL J, PAILLER T Ann Bot 01-Jun-2006
PMCID:PMC2803388
doi:10.1093/aob/mcl056
PMID:16554310
Comparative Account of Nectary Structure in Hexisea imbricata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae) STPICZYŃSKA M, DAVIES KL, GREGG A Ann Bot 10-Feb-2005
PMCID:PMC4246730
doi:10.1093/aob/mci081
PMID:15705603
Nectary Structure and Nectar Secretion in Maxillaria coccinea (Jacq.) L.O. Williams ex Hodge (Orchidaceae) STPICZYŃSKA M, DAVIES KL, GREGG A Ann Bot 01-Jan-2004
PMCID:PMC4242262
doi:10.1093/aob/mch008
PMID:14630692

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