Basiphyllaea
{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}
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| authority = Schltr.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/181259#page/85/mode/1up Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1921. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 17: 77]
| type_species = Basiphyllaea sarcophylla
| type_species_authority = (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
| synonyms = Carteria Small, Torreya 10: 187 (1910), illegitimate, not Diesing 1866.
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Basiphyllaea is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), known as Carter's orchid or crab orchids.Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 33-34, 2000. They are native to Florida and the West Indies. At the present time (May 2014), 7 species are recognized:[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=19931 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
- Basiphyllaea carabiaiana (L.O.Williams) Sosa & M.A.Díaz - Cuba
- Basiphyllaea corallicola (Small) Ames - Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
- Basiphyllaea hamiltoniana Ackerman & Whitten - Jamaica
- Basiphyllaea hoffmannii M.A.Díaz & Llamacho - Cuba
- Basiphyllaea sarcophylla (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Cuba
- Basiphyllaea volubilis (M.A.Díaz) Sosa & M.A.Díaz - Cuba
- Basiphyllaea wrightii (Acuña) Nir - Cuba
References
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External links
- [http://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile?symbol=BACO2 USDA plants profile, Basiphyllaea corallicola (Small) Ames, Carter's orchid ]
- [http://www.orchidspecies.com/basiwrightii.htm IOSPE orchid photos, Basiphyllaea wrightii]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140523012729/http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Basiphyllaea_corallicola.pdf Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Carter's Orchid, Basiphyllaea corallicola]
- [http://www.regionalconservation.org/ircs/database/plants/PlantPage.asp?TXCODE=Basicora Institute for Regional Conservation, Floristic Inventory of South Florida Online, Basiphyllaea corallicola (Small) Ames, Carter's orchid ]
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