Paphinia herrerae

Paphinia herrerae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Paphinia
Species:
P. herrerae
Binomial name
Paphinia herrerae

Paphinia herrerae is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Ecuador.

This orchid was collected near Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. The holotype is kept at Herbario Nacional del Ecuador (QCNE), and the isotype at Rio Palenque Science Center (RPSC). The formal description of the plant was made by Calaway H. Dodson in Icones Plantarum Tropicarum in 1989.