Kingdom Plantae Family Orchidaceae Tribe Epidendreae Scientific name Scaphyglottis bidentata | Order Asparagales Subfamily Epidendroideae Subtribe Laeliinae Rank Species | |
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Similar Scaphyglottis imbricata, Hexisea, Scaphyglottis, Scaphyglottis modesta, Scaphyglottis crurigera | ||
Scaphyglottis bidentata is a species of orchid found in the American Tropics from Costa Rica to northern Brazil. It is the type species of the genus Hexisea, and was published before the generic epithet Scaphyglottis. In a reversal of the usual rules for taxonomy, the genus Scaphyglotts was conserved against Hexisea when the two genera were combined. The generic epithet Hexisea was retained as correct, however, in discussions limited to the species which had traditionally been placed in Hexisea.
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