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Short-beaked Malaxis

Malaxis brachyrrhynchos

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 35, July 105, August 51, September 10, October 7, November 1, December 0.
Mexico210
Morelos45
Oaxaca27
Chiapas26
Michoacan de Ocampo26
Jalisco14
Mexico12
Guerrero11
Puebla6
Queretaro de Arteaga5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
OrderAgaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales
FamilyOrchids · Orchidaceae
GenusAdder's mouth · Malaxis

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