Phreatia listeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Phreatia |
Species: | P. listeri
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Binomial name | |
Phreatia listeri | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Plexaure listeri (Rolfe) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones |
Phreatia listeri, commonly known as the Christmas Island caterpillar orchid,[2] is a plant in the orchid family and is an epiphyte with four to six flat, blunt leaves in a fan-like arrangement. A large number of tiny, greenish white flowers are arranged along a thin flowering stem. It is endemic to Christmas Island.