Zygostates

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Zygostates
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Ornithocephalinae
Genus: Zygostates

Zygostates is a genus found in central to southern Brazil. It is a member of the Tribe Maxillarieae, Subtribe Ornithocephalinae[1]. The word is from the Greek zygostates (weigher, balance) and refers to the projections from the base of the column which resemble a balance[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/interactive/node/2435
  2. ^ http://davesgarden.com/botanary/go/7925/
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