Brachionidium: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Brachionidium
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Brachionidium
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Brachionidium
Brachionidium (or cup orchid) is a genus of about 72 species of orchids, found throughout much of tropical America (Central America, the West Indies, and South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia). The generic name comes from Greek ("little arm") and refers to the protrusions on the stigma.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acianthera
- Anathallis
- Andinia
- Barbosella
- Brachionidium
- Chamelophyton
- Dilomilis
- Diodonopsis
- Draconanthes
- Dracula
- Dresslerella
- Dryadella
- Echinosepala
- Frondaria
- Gravendeelia
- Lepanthes
- Lepanthopsis
- Madisonia
- Masdevallia
- Muscarella
- Myoxanthus
- Neocogniauxia
- Octomeria
- Ophidion
- Opilionanthe
- Pabstiella
- Pendusalpinx
- Phloeophila
- Platystele
- Pleurothallis
- Pleurothallopsis
- Porroglossum
- Restrepia
- Restrepiella
- Sansonia
- Scaphosepalum
- Specklinia
- Stelis
- Stellamaris
- Teagueia
- Tomzanonia
- Trichosalpinx
- Trisetella
- Zootrophion
Child Taxa
- Brachionidium alpestre
- Brachionidium andreettae
- Brachionidium arethusa
- Brachionidium ballatrix
- Brachionidium brachycladum
- Brachionidium brevicaudatum
- Brachionidium calypso
- Brachionidium capillare
- Brachionidium carmeniae
- Brachionidium ciliolatum
- Brachionidium condorense
- Brachionidium cornu-nigricum
- Brachionidium cruziae
- Brachionidium dalstroemii
- Brachionidium deflexum
- Brachionidium demissum
- Brachionidium dentatum
- Brachionidium diaphanum
- Brachionidium dodsonii
- Brachionidium dorisiae
- Brachionidium dressleri
- Brachionidium ecuadorense
- Brachionidium elegans
- Brachionidium elzbietae
- Brachionidium ephemerum
- Brachionidium escobarii
- Brachionidium filamentosum
- Brachionidium folsomii
- Brachionidium fornicatum
- Brachionidium furfuraceum
- Brachionidium galeatum
- Brachionidium gonzalesiorum
- Brachionidium haberi
- Brachionidium hirtzii
- Brachionidium imperiale
- Brachionidium ingramii
- Brachionidium inkaterrense
- Brachionidium jesupiae
- Brachionidium juliani
- Brachionidium kirbyi
- Brachionidium kuhniarum
- Brachionidium lehmannii
- Brachionidium longicaudatum
- Brachionidium lopez-robertsiae
- Brachionidium loxense
- Brachionidium lucanoideum
- Brachionidium machupicchuense
- Brachionidium meridense
- Brachionidium minusculum
- Brachionidium muscosum
- Brachionidium neblinense
- Brachionidium operosum
- Brachionidium parvifolium
- Brachionidium parvum
- Brachionidium peltarion
- Brachionidium pepe-portillae
- Brachionidium phalangiferum
- Brachionidium piuntzae
- Brachionidium polypodium
- Brachionidium portillae
- Brachionidium pteroglossum
- Brachionidium puipuiensis
- Brachionidium puraceense
- Brachionidium pusillum
- Brachionidium quatuor
- Brachionidium renzii
- Brachionidium restrepioides
- Brachionidium rugosum
- Brachionidium satyreum
- Brachionidium serratum
- Brachionidium sherringii
- Brachionidium simplex
- Brachionidium stellare
- Brachionidium sulcatum
- Brachionidium syme-morrisii
- Brachionidium tetrapetalum
- Brachionidium tuberculatum
- Brachionidium uxorium
- Brachionidium valerioi
- Brachionidium vasquezii
- Brachionidium viridis
- Brachionidium yanachagaensis






































