| Malaxis excavata
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1895 drawing
Malaxis excavata is at left
as Microstylis hastilabia
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Monocots
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| Order:
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Asparagales
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| Family:
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Orchidaceae
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| Subfamily:
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Epidendroideae
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| Genus:
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Malaxis
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| Species:
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M. excavata
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| Binomial name
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Malaxis excavata
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| Synonyms
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- Microstylis excavata Lindl. 1838
- Cheiropterocephalus sertuliferus Barb.Rodr.
- Epidendrum umbellatum Vell. 1827 not G. Forst. 1786
- Malaxis caracasana (Klotzsch ex Ridl.) Kuntze
- Malaxis carpinterae (Schltr.) Ames
- Malaxis hastilabia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
- Malaxis maguirei C.Schweinf.
- Malaxis ottonis (Schltr.) Carnevali & I.RamÃrez
- Malaxis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst
- Malaxis uncinata Ames & C.Schweinf.
- Microstylis caracasana Klotzsch ex Ridl.
- Microstylis carpinterae Schltr.
- Microstylis hastilabia Rchb.f.
- Microstylis hastilabia var. major Porsch
- Microstylis muelleri Schltr.
- Microstylis ottonis Schltr.
- Microstylis paranaensis Schltr.
- Microstylis quadrangularis Cogn.
- Microstylis sertulifera (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
- Microstylis spiralipetala Cogn.
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Malaxis excavata is a species of orchid widespread across much of Mesoamerica and South America from Mexico to Argentina. It has green flowers in a flat-topped array.