Vitekorchis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.[1]
| Vitekorchis | |
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| Vitekorchis excavata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Oncidiinae |
| Genus: | Vitekorchis Romowicz & Szlach. |
It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela in western South America.[1]
As accepted by Kew:[1]
The genus name of Vitekorchis is in honour of Ernst Vitek (b. 1953), an Austrian botanist at the museum of natural history in Vienna.[2] It was first described and published in Polish Bot. J. Vol.51 on page 45 in 2006.[1]
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