''Eurystyles'' is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s from the orchid family,

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. It contains over 20 known species native to

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, the

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and

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Eurystyles splendissima ''Eurystyles'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains over 20 known species native to South America, Central America, the West Indies and Chiapas. #'' Eurystyles actinosophila'' (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. #''E ...

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Eurystyles standleyi ''Eurystyles'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains over 20 known species native to South America, Central America, the West Indies and Chiapas. #'' Eurystyles actinosophila'' (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. #''E ...

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References

* (1863) Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 13(1): 223. * (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 204 ff. Oxford University Press. * 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart * (2011) The leaves got it right again: DNA phylogenetics supports a sister-group relationship between ''Eurostlyes'' and ''Lankesterella'' (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae), Lankesteriana, 11(3): 337–347.

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* * Cranichideae genera Spiranthinae Taxa named by Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee {{Orchidoideae-stub

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