| Malaxis excavata |
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1895 drawing
Malaxis excavata is at left
as Microstylis hastilabia |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Order: |
Asparagales |
| Family: |
Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Epidendroideae |
| Genus: |
Malaxis |
| Species: |
M. excavata |
| Binomial name |
Malaxis excavata
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| Synonyms |
- Microstylis excavata Lindl. 1838
- Cheiropterocephalus sertuliferus Barb.Rodr.
- Epidendrum umbellatum Vell. 1827 not G. Forst. 1786
- Malaxis caracasana (Klotzsch ex Ridl.) Kuntze
- Malaxis carpinterae (Schltr.) Ames
- Malaxis hastilabia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
- Malaxis maguirei C.Schweinf.
- Malaxis ottonis (Schltr.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez
- Malaxis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst
- Malaxis uncinata Ames & C.Schweinf.
- Microstylis caracasana Klotzsch ex Ridl.
- Microstylis carpinterae Schltr.
- Microstylis hastilabia Rchb.f.
- Microstylis hastilabia var. major Porsch
- Microstylis muelleri Schltr.
- Microstylis ottonis Schltr.
- Microstylis paranaensis Schltr.
- Microstylis quadrangularis Cogn.
- Microstylis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
- Microstylis spiralipetala Cogn.
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Malaxis excavata is a species of orchid widespread across much of Mesoamerica and South America from Mexico to Argentina. It has green flowers in a flat-topped array.