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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Pleurothallis

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

Five species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Pleurothallis caespitosa

Native to Brazil.

 

Pleurothallis gelida

Native from Florida to Peru.

 

Pleurothallis tribuloides

Native to central America and the West Indies.

 

Pleurothallis tuerckheimii

Native to Guatemala.

 

Pleurothallis violacea

Native to Mexico.