Bifrenaria atropurpurea

Bifrenaria atropurpurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bifrenaria
Species:
B. atropurpurea
Binomial name
Bifrenaria atropurpurea
Lindl. (1832)
Synonyms
  • Maxillaria atropurpurea Lodd. (1832) (Basionym)
  • Bifrenaria caparaoensis Brade (1943)
  • Bifrenaria atropurpurea var. caparaoensis (Brade) Hoehne (1950)

Bifrenaria atropurpurea is a species of orchid and the type species of the genus Bifrenaria.[1]

References

  1. ^ Koehler, Samantha; Amaral, Maria do Carmo Estanislau do (2004). "A taxonomic study of the South American genus Bifrenaria Lindl. (Orchidaceae)". Brittonia. 56 (4): 314. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0314:ATSOTS]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1938-436X.