Kingdom Plantae Subfamily Epidendroideae Subtribe Maxillariinae Order Asparagales | Family Orchidaceae Tribe Maxillarieae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Camaridium, Cryptocentrum, Heterotaxis, Mormolyca, Rhetinantha | ||
Ornithidium coccineum
Ornithidium, is genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). Its members are native to the West Indies and to Latin America from southern Mexico to Bolivia.
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Ornithidium has often been included in the larger genus Maxillaria but recent molecular studies have found Maxillaria as it has long been viewed to be a unnatural hodgepodge composed of groups not closely related to each. Hence it has been proposed that the genus should be split into several genera, proposals that have been gaining acceptance.
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