| Alamania | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
| Genus: | Alamania Lex. (1825) |
| Species: | A. punicea |
| Binomial name | |
| Alamania punicea Lex. (1825) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Epidendrum puniceum (Lex.) Rchb.f. (1862) | |
Alamania punicea is a species of epiphytic orchids and the only species of the genus Alamania. It is endemic to Mexico and has two recognized varieties:
- Alamania punicea subsp. greenwoodiana Soto Arenas & R.Jiménez - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz
- Alamania punicea subsp. punicea - similar range
Description
Small, epiphytic plant that prefers a cool climate, it has an ovoid pseudobulb with 2 to 3 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, articular, basal and broad leaves that blooms in an erect, terminal, cluster-shaped inflorescence that can carry one to nine red-orange flowers. It produces its flowering in the spring and early summer.
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Lexarza, Juan José Martinez de. 1824. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 3: 452
- Soto Arenas & R. Jiménez. 2003. Icones Orchidacearum 5–6: , t. 516
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Alamania | |
| Alamania punicea | |
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