Malaxis brachystachys

Malaxis brachystachys is a North American species of orchid native to Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States (Arizona). It usually has only one leaf, though occasionally two. Flowers are small and green, in a flat-topped array.[3][4][5][6]

Malaxis brachystachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Malaxis
Species:
M. brachystachys
Binomial name
Malaxis brachystachys
Synonyms[1][2]

References
  1. The Plant List, Malaxis brachystachys (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
  2. Tropicos, Malaxis brachystachya (Rchb. f.) Kuntze
  3. Flora of North America, Malaxis corymbosa (S. Watson) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673. 1891.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Botany 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395
  6. SEINet, Southwestern biodiversity, Arizona chapter
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