Octomeria

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Octomeria
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Octomeria
R.Br.

Species
*Octomeria brevifolia

Octomeria (from Greek "eight part", referring to its 8 pollinia) is a plant genus belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The genus is comprised of about 200 species native to the Neotropics, mostly in Brazil.

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Octomeria: Aspegrenia Poepp. & Endl., Enothrea Raf., Gigliolia Barb.Rodr., Octandrorchis Brieger (nom. inval.) and Pleurothallopsis Porto & Brade.