Brachypeza
Encyclopedia
Brachypeza is a genus
of flowering plant
s from the orchid family, Orchidaceae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s from the orchid family, Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae
The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
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Selected species
- Brachypeza archytasBrachypeza archytasBrachypeza archytas, commonly known as the Sage Orchid, is an epiphytic orchid. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean. Its specific epithet honours the Greek philosopher Archytas....
(Ridl.) Garay 1972 - Brachypeza brevitibia Van Duzee 1928
- Brachypeza dentica (Guthrie 1917)
- Brachypeza divergens Johannsen 1912
- Brachypeza errans (Garrett 1925)
- Brachypeza indusiata (Rchb.f.) Garay
- Brachypeza koeteiensis (Schltr.) Garay
- Brachypeza laotica (Seidenf.) Seidenf.
- Brachypeza minimipes (J.J.Sm.) Garay
- Brachypeza stenoglottis (Hook.f.) Garay
- Brachypeza subarmata Zaitzev 1989
- Brachypeza zamboangensis (Ames) Garay