Basiphyllaea

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

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| taxon = Basiphyllaea

| 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.

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| 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]

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