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Dracula
The orchid genus Dracula, abbreviated as Drac in horticultural trade, consists of 118 species native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The name Dracula literally means "little dragon", an allusion to the mythical Count Dracula, a lead character in numerous vampire novels and films. The name was applied to the orchid because of the blood-red color of several of the species, the strange aspect of the long spurs of the sepals. The plants were...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Dracula
subsectionDracula
Dracula felix
speciesDracula felix
Dracula vespertilio
speciesDracula vespertilio
Father Sodiro's Dracula
speciesDracula sodiroi
Dracula iricolor
speciesDracula iricolor
Dracula carcinopsis
speciesDracula carcinopsis
Dracula cordobae
speciesDracula cordobae
Dracula dodsonii
speciesDracula dodsonii
Dracula marsupialis
speciesDracula marsupialis
Dracula chestertonii
speciesDracula chestertonii
Dracula dalessandroi
speciesDracula dalessandroi
Dracula irmeliniae
speciesDracula irmeliniae
Dracula benedicti
complexDracula benedicti
Dracula lotax
speciesDracula lotax
Dracula houtteana
speciesDracula houtteana
Dracula gigas
speciesDracula gigas
Dracula bella
speciesDracula bella
Dracula erythrochaete
speciesDracula erythrochaete
Dracula pusilla
speciesDracula pusilla
Dracula amaliae
speciesDracula amaliae
Dracula psyche
speciesDracula psyche
Dracula astuta
speciesDracula astuta
Dracula carlueri
speciesDracula carlueri
Dracula vlad-tepes
speciesDracula vlad-tepes
Dracula inaequalis
speciesDracula inaequalis
Dracula trichroma
speciesDracula trichroma
Dracula spectrum
speciesDracula spectrum
Dracula andreettae
speciesDracula andreettae
Dracula morleyi
speciesDracula morleyi
Dracula citrina
speciesDracula citrina
Dracula trigonopetala
speciesDracula trigonopetala
Dracula verticulosa
speciesDracula verticulosa
Dracula rezekiana
speciesDracula rezekiana
Ripley's Dracula
speciesDracula ripleyana
Dracula exasperata
speciesDracula exasperata
Dracula fuliginosa
speciesDracula fuliginosa
Dracula mopsus
speciesDracula mopsus
Dracula psittacina
speciesDracula psittacina
Dracula minax
speciesDracula minax
Dracula velutina
speciesDracula velutina
Dracula ubangina
speciesDracula ubangina
Dracula papillosa
speciesDracula papillosa
Dracula venosa
speciesDracula venosa
Dracula veleziana
speciesDracula veleziana
Dracula nycterina
speciesDracula nycterina
Dracula cutis-bufonis
speciesDracula cutis-bufonis
Dracula brangeri
speciesDracula brangeri
Dracula anthracina
speciesDracula anthracina
Dracula tubeana
speciesDracula tubeana
Dracula hawleyi
speciesDracula hawleyi
Dracula mantissa
speciesDracula mantissa
Dracula senex-furens
speciesDracula senex-furens
Dracula soennemarkii
speciesDracula soennemarkii
Dracula marinii
speciesDracula marinii
Dracula pubescens
speciesDracula pubescens
Dracula deltoidea
speciesDracula deltoidea
Dracula hirsuta
speciesDracula hirsuta
Dracula olmosii
speciesDracula olmosii
Dracula venefica
speciesDracula venefica
Dracula tsubotae
speciesDracula tsubotae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129349.