Ophidion (plant)

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Ophidion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Ophidion
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Species
  • Ophidion pleurothallopsis
  • etc.

Ophidion ("little snake" in Greek, referring to the united tip of the sepals forming a lateral window) is a genus of orchids found in Central America and the Andes.