''Stanhopea tigrina'' is a species of plant in the family

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family (biology), family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan plants that ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to Mexico.

References

* Bateman ex Lindl., Sert. Orchid.: t. 1 (1838). * Hernández, F. (Casimiro Gómez Ortega). 1790. ''Francisci Hernandi, medici atque historici Philippi II, Hispan et Indiar. Regis, et totius novi orbis archiatri, opera : cum edita, tum inedita, ad autographi fidem et integritatem expressa, impensa et jussu regio'' Vol. I, Libro IV, p. 406.

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tigrina Endemic orchids of Mexico Plants described in 1838 {{Cymbidieae-stub