Malaxis excavata

Malaxis excavata is a species of orchid widespread across much of Mesoamerica and South America from Mexico to Argentina. It has green flowers in a flat-topped array.

Malaxis excavata
1895 drawing
Malaxis excavata is at left
as Microstylis hastilabia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Malaxis
Species:
M. excavata
Binomial name
Malaxis excavata
(Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
Synonyms
List
  • Microstylis excavata Lindl. 1838
  • Cheiropterocephalus sertuliferus Barb.Rodr.
  • Epidendrum umbellatum Vell. 1827 not G. Forst. 1786
  • Malaxis caracasana (Klotzsch ex Ridl.) Kuntze
  • Malaxis carpinterae (Schltr.) Ames
  • Malaxis hastilabia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
  • Malaxis maguirei C.Schweinf.
  • Malaxis ottonis (Schltr.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez
  • Malaxis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst
  • Malaxis uncinata Ames & C.Schweinf.
  • Microstylis caracasana Klotzsch ex Ridl.
  • Microstylis carpinterae Schltr.
  • Microstylis hastilabia Rchb.f.
  • Microstylis hastilabia var. major Porsch
  • Microstylis muelleri Schltr.
  • Microstylis ottonis Schltr.
  • Microstylis paranaensis Schltr.
  • Microstylis quadrangularis Cogn.
  • Microstylis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
  • Microstylis spiralipetala Cogn.
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