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Image Title: Calopogon oklahomensis (Orchidaceae)
Image Credit: Douglas Goldman, University of Texas
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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Inflorescence of Calopogon oklahomensis (Orchidaceae), a recently described species from the midwestern and southeastern United States. Calopogon, a small genus of primarily wetland plants native to eastern North America and the northern Caribbean, has had uncertain infrageneric taxonomy and relationships.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Molecular and cytological examination of Calopogon (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae): circumscription, phylogeny, polyploidy, and possible hybrid speciation

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