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{{Taxobox

{{Plantbox

| color = lightgreen

| color = IndianRed

| name = Zygopetalum

| name = Zygopetalum

| image = Zygopetalum-maculatum.jpg

| image = Zygopetalum-maculatum.jpg

| image_caption = ''Zygopetalum maculatum''

| image_caption = ''Zygopetalum maculatum''

| classis = Liliopsida

| ordo = Asparagales

| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]

| familia = Orchidaceae

| ordo = [[Asparagales]]

| subfamilia = Epidendroideae

| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]

| tribus = Maxillarieae

| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]

| tribus = [[Maxillarieae]]

| subtribus = Zygopetalinae

| subtribus = Zygopetalinae

| alliance = Zygopetalum

| alliance = Zygopetalum

| genus = '''''Zygopetalum'''''

| genus = Zygopetalum

}}

}}

'''Zygopetalum''' ([[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]] [[1833]]), is a [[genus]] of the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]) (subfamily [[Epidendroideae]], tribe [[Maxillarieae]], subtribe [[Zygopetalinae]]), consisting of fourteen species.  

'''Zygopetalum''' is a [[genus]] of the orchid family, consisting of fourteen species.  

This orchid's generic name, derived from the Greek word "zygon", means "yoked petal." It refers to the yoke-like growth at the base of the [[labellum|lip]] caused by the fusion of [[petal]]s and the [[sepal]]s.

This orchid's generic name, derived from the Greek word "zygon", means "yoked petal." It refers to the yoke-like growth at the base of the [[labellum|lip]] caused by the fusion of [[petal]]s and the [[sepal]]s.

== Species ==

== Species ==

 

*''[[Zygopetalum brachypetalum Lindl.]]''

*''[[Zygopetalum brachypetalum Lindl.]]''

*''[[Zygopetalum ghillanyi]]'' (Brazil).

*''[[Zygopetalum ghillanyi]]'' (Brazil).

*''[[Zygopetalum sincoranum]]'' (Brazil - Bahia).

*''[[Zygopetalum sincoranum]]'' (Brazil - Bahia).

*''[[Zygopetalum triste]]'' Dark-purple Zygopetalum (Brazil - Minas Gerais) (terrestrial or [[lithophyte]])

*''[[Zygopetalum triste]]'' Dark-purple Zygopetalum (Brazil - Minas Gerais) (terrestrial or [[lithophyte]])

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