Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Encyclia Hook.
BUTTERFLY ORCHID

Classification

ASPARAGALES
Encyclia

Citation

ENCYCLIA Hooker, Bot. Mag. 55: t. 2831. 1828.
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TYPE: Encyclia viridiflora Hooker

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Encyclia rufa RUFOUS BUTTERFLY ORCHID Not Native
Encyclia tampensis FLORIDA BUTTERFLY ORCHID Native

[Family identification key]

1.  Sepals, petals, and lip mostly uniformly yellow to brownish yellow, rarely the lip with faint purplish markings; lip with down-curved margins
1.  Sepals and petals brownish yellow, brownsih green, to brownish purple, lip white with purple markings; lip plane or the margins only slightly lax

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.