Gomesa bifolia (Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams is a plant in the Orchidaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Gomesa bifolia (Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Gomesa bifolia (Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Gomesa bifolia is an orchid species from South America, transferred to Gomesa from Oncidium in 2009.

Family
Genus
Gomesa
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Gomesa bifolia (Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Gomesa bifolia (Sims) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams is an orchid species that is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. This species was originally classified under the genus Oncidium. A 2009 phylogenetic study resulted in the transfer of Gomesa bifolia and several other former Oncidium species to the genus Gomesa.

Photo: (c) Alain Le Hérissé, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alain Le Hérissé · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Orchidaceae Gomesa

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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