Leptotes (orchid)

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Leptotes
Leptotes bicolor
Leptotes bicolor
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Leptotes
Lindl. 1833

Type Species
Leptotes bicolor
Lindl., 1833
Species
See text.

Leptotes is a genus of small sticklike orchids with tube-like leaves. The genus has 7 species, distributed in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.


Species of Leptotes