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Barbosella
Barbosella is a genus of mostly creeping orchids. The genus has about 20 species, widespread across the West Indies and Latin America from Mexico and the Lesser Antilles to Argentina. Named after João Barbosa Rodrigues, an investigator of Brazilian orchids. They have solitary flowers with a unique lip base that works like a ball and socket.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Barbosella cucullata
speciesBarbosella cucullata
Barbosella prorepens
speciesBarbosella prorepens
Barbosella cogniauxiana
speciesBarbosella cogniauxiana
Barbosella miersii
speciesBarbosella miersii
Barbosella dusenii
speciesBarbosella dusenii
Barbosella gardneri
speciesBarbosella gardneri
Barbosella orbicularis
speciesBarbosella orbicularis
Barbosella crassifolia
speciesBarbosella crassifolia
Barbosella dolichorhiza
speciesBarbosella dolichorhiza
Barbosella geminata
speciesBarbosella geminata
Barbosella australis
speciesBarbosella australis
Barbosella vasquezii
speciesBarbosella vasquezii
Barbosella schista
speciesBarbosella schista
Barbosella ricii
speciesBarbosella ricii
Barbosella portillae
speciesBarbosella portillae
Barbosella circinata
speciesBarbosella circinata
Barbosella trilobata
speciesBarbosella trilobata
Barbosella macaheensis
speciesBarbosella macaheensis
Barbosella spiritu-sanctensis
speciesBarbosella spiritu-sanctensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Barbosella in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 140927.