Kingdom Plantae | Family Orchidaceae Tribe Maxillarieae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Trigonidium, Myoxanthus, Dichaea, Cryptocentrum, Xylobium |
Pollination by sexual mimicry in mormolyca ringens orchidaceae maxillariinae
Mormolyca, abbreviated as Mlca in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids comprising 26 species native to southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.
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Species
Species include:

- Mormolyca acutifolia (Lindl.) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca aureoglobula (Christenson) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca aurorae D.E.Benn. & Christenson
- Mormolyca calimaniana (V.P.Castro) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
- Mormolyca chacoensis (Dodson) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca cleistogama (Brieger & Illg) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca culebrica Bogarín & Pupulin
- Mormolyca dressleriana (Carnevali & J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca fuchii J.T.Atwood
- Mormolyca gracilipes (Schltr.) Garay & Wirth
- Mormolyca hedwigiae (Hamer & Dodson) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca lehmanii (Rolfe) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca moralesii (Carnevali & J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca peruviana C.Schweinf.
- Mormolyca polyphylla Garay & Wirth
- Mormolyca pudica (Carnevali & J.L.Tapia) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca richii (Dodson) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca ringens (Lindl.) Gentil
- Mormolyca rufescens (Lindl.) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca sanantonioensis (Christenson) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca schlimii (Linden & Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca schweinfurthiana Garay & Wirth
- Mormolyca sotoana (Carnevali & Gómez-Juárez) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca suareziorum (Dodson) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca tenuibulba (Christenson) M.A.Blanco
- Mormolyca vanillosma (Christenson) J.M.H.Shaw



References
Mormolyca Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA