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Teuscheria
Sign in to saveTeuscheria is a genus of orchids native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyOrchidaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Collections
- SEL, MO, AMES
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica
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Teuscheria is a genus of orchids native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist.
Species accepted as of June 2014: Teuscheria archilae Guatemala Teuscheria cornucopia - Ecuador Teuscheria desireei - Guatemala Teuscheria dodsonii - Ecuador Teuscheria elegans - Colombia Teuscheria guatemalensis - Guatemala Teuscheria horichiana - Costa Rica Teuscheria integrilabia - Ecuador Teuscheria pickiana - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Ecuador Teuscheria wageneri - Costa Rica to W. Colombia, Venezuela to NE. Ecuador
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