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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Phragmipedium

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

Three species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Phragmipedium boissieranum

Native to Peru.

 

Phragmipedium caudatum

Native from Mexico to Peru.

 

Phragmipedium longifolium

Native from Costa Rica to Colombia.