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Encyclia bocourtii |
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Kingdom
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Plantae
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Subkingdom
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Tracheobionta
? Vascular plants
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Superdivision
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Spermatophyta
? Seed plants
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Division
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Magnoliophyta
- Flowering plants
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Class
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Liliopsida
- Monocotyledons
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Subclass
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Liliidae
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Order
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Orchidales
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Family
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Orchidaceae
- Orchid family
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Subfamily
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Epidendroideae
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Genus
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Encyclia Hook
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Genus Source
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Bot. Mag. 55: t. 2831 (1828).
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Genus Abreviation
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Encycl.
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Species
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Encyclia bocourtii
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Authority
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Múj.Benítez, Bocourt & Pupulin
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Source
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ANOTHER NEW SPECIES OF ENCYCLIA (ORCHIDACEAE: LAELIINAE) FROM
CUBA Franco Pupulin, Ernesto Mújica Benítez
Harvard
Papers in Botany Article: pp. 227?230
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Synonyms
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Common Name
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Etymology
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Bocourt's Encyclia
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Distribution
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Woodland in Cape San Antonio, Guanahacabibes Peninsula Protected
Area, Cuba
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Altitude
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Life Form
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Range
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Habitat
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Flowers
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Flowering period
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Fragrance
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A new species of the genus Encyclia, endemic to Cuba, is described
and illustrated. Encyclia bocourtii is closely related to E. fucata,
from which it is distinguished by the size of flower segments, almost
double in lenght, and the lateral lobes shorter than the midlobe and
not reflexed at apex. The new species also resembles the sympatric E.
acutifolia, but it can be distinguished from it by the lateral lobes
of the lip, shorter than the mid-lobe, and the non-replicate midlobe.
| Yellow Flower
Variety |
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| Photo courtesy of Luis A Borges
Ochoa |
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