Heterotaxis crassifolia

Hidden orchid
1826 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Maxillarieae
Subtribe:	Maxillariinae
Genus:	Heterotaxis
Species:	H. sessilis
Binomial name
Heterotaxis sessilis (Sw.) F.Barros
Synonyms
Epidendrum sessile Sw. Maxillaria sessilis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle 1910, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. 1843 Heterotaxis crassifolia Lindl. Dicrypta baueri Lindl. Dicrypta crassifolia (Lindl.) Loudon Maxillaria crassifolia (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Maxillaria gatunensis Schltr.

Heterotaxis sessilis is an epiphytic orchid widespread across the West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Trinidad), Central America (all 7 countries), southern Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo), Florida and northern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas).Hidden orchid is a common name.

The species was long called by the synonym Maxillaria crassifolia but recent molecular studies have indicated that Maxillaria should be split into several genera.

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