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Psychilis bifida  (Aubl.) Sauleda
Taxonomic Serial No.: 894799

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Epidendrum brittonianum A.D. Hawkes
  
    Epidendrum fucatum Lindl.
  
    Encyclia bifida (Aubl.) Britton & P. Wilson
  
    Encyclia papilionacea (Vahl) Schltr.
  
    Epidendrum bifidum Aubl.
  
  Common Name(s): thicket butterfly orchid [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderAsparagales   
                            FamilyOrchidaceae  – orchids  
                               GenusPsychilis Raf. – peacock orchid  
                                  SpeciesPsychilis bifida (Aubl.) Sauleda – thicket butterfly orchid  
       

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  Source: Flora of the West Indies, 2010, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Flora of the West Indies, botanical information system at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, available at http://botany.si.edu/antilles/WestIndies   
  Reference for: Psychilis bifida   
       
  Source: The International Plant Names Index (IPNI), 2007 - 2011, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: The International Plant Names Index, botanical information system from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium, available at http://www.ipni.org/index.html   
  Reference for: Psychilis bifida   
       
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