image: Ponthieva mandonii is found in Peru, Bolivia, and Southern Cone. It belong to the family Orchidaceae, which is the most diverse plant family in the Americas. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 22 Dec. 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by C. Ulloa Ulloa at Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Mo., and colleagues was titled, "An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas." view more
Credit: F. Zuloaga