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Golden Acronia

Acronia carduela Luer

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Field Notes

Description:

A very small pleurothallid orchid endemic to Ecuador, where it lives at 2500 msnm.

Habitat:

Humid montane forests.

Notes:

CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global.

Reference Links:

Acronia carduela - Overview

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Plants of Ecuador
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Orchids of the Americas
Mission
Ecuadorian Cloud Forest Biodiversity
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Plantas de Ecuador
Biodiversity of Ecuador (BioBanco)

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PublishedNovember 9, 2013

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