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Maxillaria  Ruiz & Pav.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 43648

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Mormolyca Fenzl
  
    Ornithidium Salisb. ex R. Br.
  
    Camaridium Lindl.
  
    Brasiliorchis R.B. Singer, S. Koehler & Carnevali
  
    Christensonella Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek
  
    Cryptocentrum Benth.
  
    Cyrtidiorchis Rauschert
  
    Heterotaxis Lindl.
  
    Hylaeorchis Carnevali & G.A. Romero
  
    Inti M.A. Blanco
  
    Mapinguari Carnevali & R.B. Singer
  
    Maxillariella M.A. Blanco & Carnevali
  
    Nitidobulbon Ojeda, Carnevali & G.A. Romero
  
    Pityphyllum Schltr.
  
    Rhetinantha M.A. Blanco
  
    Sauvetrea Szlach.
  
    Trigonidium Lindl.
  
  Common Name(s): tiger orchid [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderAsparagales   
                            FamilyOrchidaceae  – orchids  
                               GenusMaxillaria Ruiz & Pav. – tiger orchid  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesMaxillaria acutifolia Lindl. – Maxillaria aguda, rufous tiger orchid 
                                  SpeciesMaxillaria coccinea (Jacq.) L.O. Williams – flame orchid 
                                  SpeciesMaxillaria crassifolia (Lindl.) Rchb. f. – hidden orchid, Maxillaria crasa 
                                  SpeciesMaxillaria grisebachiana Nir & Dod  
                                  SpeciesMaxillaria luteo-alba Lindl.  
                                  SpeciesMaxillaria palmifolia (Sw.) Lindl. – goatmouth orchid 
                                  SpeciesMaxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay – purple tiger orchid 
                                  SpeciesMaxillaria pudica Carnevali & J.L. Tapia  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Maxillaria   
       
  Source: Orchidaceae of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Maxillaria   
       
  Source: Plants of the World Online, website (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: POWO (2024). Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 24 January 2024   
  Reference for: Maxillaria   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Maxillaria   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Maxillaria   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pridgeon, Alec M., Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, and Finn N. Rasmussen, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Epidendroideae (Part Two)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera Orchidacearum, vol. 5   
  Page(s): 585   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: Oxford, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-850713-0   
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  Reference for: Maxillaria   
       

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