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Genus:
Maxillaria 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
Thirteen species cultivated.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Maxillaria alba
Native to central America and northern South America. |
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Maxillaria attenuata
Native to Costa Rica. |
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Maxillaria calantha
Native to Peru. |
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Maxillaria crassifolia
Native to Brazil. |
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Maxillaria cucullata
[= Maxillaria praestans]
Native from Mexico to Panama. |
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Maxillaria lepidota
Native from Venezuela to Ecuador. |
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Maxillaria miniata
Native to Colombia. |
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Maxillaria nigrescens
Native to Colombia and Venezuela. |
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Maxillaria ramosissima
Native to Peru. |
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Maxillaria reichenheimiana
Native to Costa Rica. |
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Maxillaria triloris
Native to Venezuela. |
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Maxillaria variabilis
Native to central America, the West Indies and Guyana. |
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Maxillaria venusta
Native to Colombia and Venezuela. |
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