Dichromanthus
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Dichromanthus is a genus
of flowering plant
s from the orchid family, Orchidaceae
. As currently delimited, it is monophyletic and includes four species, namely D. aurantiacus, D. cinnabarinus, D. michuacanus and D. yucundaa.
The genus ranges from the southern United States though most Mexican mountain ranges to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Except for the narrow endemic D. yucundaa, restricted to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, all other species are widespread and locally common.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s from the orchid family, Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae
The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
. As currently delimited, it is monophyletic and includes four species, namely D. aurantiacus, D. cinnabarinus, D. michuacanus and D. yucundaa.
The genus ranges from the southern United States though most Mexican mountain ranges to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Except for the narrow endemic D. yucundaa, restricted to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, all other species are widespread and locally common.