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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Brassavola

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae

Four species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Brassavola digbyana

Native from Mexico to Honduras.

 

Brassavola glauca

Native from Mexico to Panama.

 

Brassavola nodosa

Native from Mexico to Surinam.

 

Brassavola tuberculata

Native to Brazil.