Trichocentrum carthagenense (Jacq.) 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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Trichocentrum carthagenense (Jacq.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Trichocentrum carthagenense (Jacq.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Trichocentrum carthagenense, the Coot Bay dancing lady orchid, is an orchid found from southern Florida to northern Brazil.

Family
Genus
Trichocentrum
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Trichocentrum carthagenense (Jacq.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams

Trichocentrum carthagenense, commonly called the Coot Bay dancing lady orchid, is an orchid species. Its distribution ranges from the Everglades, Mexico, and the Caribbean through Central America, extending south to northern Brazil. Its specific epithet references Cartagena, Colombia, the location where the species was first collected in 1760.

Photo: (c) Heyda Macea, all rights reserved, uploaded by Heyda Macea

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Orchidaceae Trichocentrum

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

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