Scaphyglottis modesta (Rchb.f.) Schltr.

  • Authority

    Schweinfurth, Charles. 1967. Orchidaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 69-214.

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Scaphyglottis modesta (Rchb.f.) Schltr.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - BRITISH GUIANA. Yarikita Police Station, along the Amakura River, near junction with Yarikita River, on overhanging dead tree, January 17-18, 1920, A. S. Hitchcock 17627. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: 105-118 km from El Dorado near Sta. Elena, in hot humid woods, E. Foldats 2857. BRAZIL and West Indies. No definite origin of the type of this concept was cited.

  • Discussion

    Tetragamestus modestus Reichb. f., Bonplandia 2: 21. 1854.

  • Distribution

    BRITISH GUIANA. Yarikita Police Station, along the Amakura River, near junction with Yarikita River, on overhanging dead tree, January 17-18, 1920, A. S. Hitchcock 17627. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: 105-118 km from El Dorado near Sta. Elena, in hot humid woods, E. Foldats 2857. BRAZIL and West Indies. No definite origin of the type of this concept was cited.

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