Selenipedium


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Related to Selenipedium: slipper orchids
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Noun 1. Selenipedium - genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
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Mexipedium and Selenipedium) occur in Mesoamerica, and the range of one of the oldest species in the entire subtribe, Cypripedium irapeanum La Llave et Lex., is currently restricted to Mexico (Cox et al., 1997).
Flora and vegetation of the seasonally dry tropics in Mexico: origin and biogeographical implications

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