Malaxis macrostachya

Malaxis macrostachya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Malaxideae
Genus:	Malaxis
Species:	M. macrostachya
Binomial name
*Malaxis macrostachya* (La Llave & Lex.) Kuntze 1891
Synonyms^[1]
List Ophrys macrostachya La Llave & Lex. 1825 Microstylis macrostachya (La Llave & Lex.) Lindl. Achroanthes montana (Engelm. ex Rothr.) Greene Malaxis densiflora A.Rich. & Galeotti ex Ridl. 1888, not validly published, not (A. Rich.) Kuntze 1891 Malaxis montana (Engelm. ex Rothr.) Kuntze 1891 not Blume 1826 Malaxis soulei L.O.Williams Microstylis montana Engelm. ex Rothr.

Malaxis macrostachya is a species of orchid widespread across much Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas).^[2] It has only one leaf per plant, along with a tall flower stalk with as many as 160 tiny, green flowers.^[3]^[4]

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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Oaxaca in 1996

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