Orchids or orchids (Scientific name Orchidaceae) They are a family of monocotyledonous plants which are distinguished by the complexity of their flowers and their ecological interactions with pollinators and fungi with mycorrhizal.
The family comprises about 25.000 (some sources report 30.000) species, and perhaps others 60.000 hybrids and varieties produced by horticulturists, making it one of the families with highest species richness among angiosperms. They can be recognized by their flowers strongly bilateral symmetry, in which the middle part of the inner whorl of tepals -called labelo- is deeply modified, and or stamens are fused style, at least at the base.
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