Meliorchis
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meliorchis-200-3484893
title:
Meliorchis
text:
Meliorchis caribea is an extinct, early to middle Miocene orchid known only from a packet of pollen attached to the wing of a stingless bee, Proplebeia dominicana, trapped in Dominican amber. It was the first fossil orchid ever described, and allowed for a revised estimate of the time of origin of the Orchidaceae to the Mesozoic. Morphology of the pollinium suggests that M. caribea is closely related to the modern genus Ligeophila.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of orchids
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meliorchis
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date modified:
2023-08-07T02:19:57Z
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