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Dimerandra

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Dimerandra, abbreviated Dmd. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The group is found across tropical America: southern Mexico (as far north as Veracruz), Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyOrchidaceae
Native toBelize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
45
With media
34
Family
Orchidaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, IMA, SEL, NY, AMES, INMA
Recorded in
Mexico, Brasil, Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Trinidad And Tobago, Surinam, Ecuador

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Parent taxon
Q143086
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Dimerandra emarginata - flower 2..jpg
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Dimerandra, abbreviated Dmd. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The group is found across tropical America: southern Mexico (as far north as Veracruz), Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.

== Species == Kew, in its World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, has accepted 8 species in this genus: Dmd. buenaventurae Kraenzl. Siegerist (1986) - Colombia Dmd. carnosiflora Siegerist (1986) - Brazil, Peru Dmd. elegans (Focke) Siegerist (1986) - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Trinidad, Suriname, Guyana, French Guinea Dmd. emarginata (G.Mey.) Hoehne (1934) 2n = 40 - southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, northern South America Dmd. latipetala Siegerist (1986) - Colombia, Central America Dmd. rimbachii (Schltr.) Schltr. (1922) - Ecuador Dmd. stenopetala (Hook.) Schltr. (1922) 2n = 40 - Jamaica, Trinidad, northern South America Dmd. tarapotana Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) - Peru

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