Chysis laevis is a species of epiphytic orchid.[2] Its distribution is across lower Mexico and Central America in places such as Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.[1][3][4][5]

Chysis laevis
Illustration c 1870 from
"Select orchidaceous plants"
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Chysis
Species:
C. laevis
Binomial name
Chysis laevis
Lindl. (1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chysis orichalcea Dressler (2000)
  • Chysis nietana Gojon Sánchez (1930)

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Lindley, John. 1840. Edwards's Botanical Register 26: misc. 61
  3. ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
  4. ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.
  5. ^ "Occurrence Search". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22.