Chysis laevis

{{Short description|Species of orchid}} {{Speciesbox | image = Chysis laevis.jpg | image_caption = Illustration c 1870 from "Select orchidaceous plants" | genus = Chysis | species = laevis | authority = Lindl. (1840) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="kasdlfj"/> | synonyms = *''Chysis orichalcea'' Dressler (2000) *''Chysis nietana'' Gojon Sánchez (1930) }}

'''''Chysis laevis''''' is a species of epiphytic orchid.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/241369#page/263/mode/1up Lindley, John. 1840. Edwards's Botanical Register 26: misc. 61]</ref> Its distribution is across lower Mexico and Central America in places such as Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.<ref name="kasdlfj">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=40379 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.</ref><ref>García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Occurrence Search|url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?offset=0&taxon_key=2813045|url-status=live|website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422204055/https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?offset=0&taxon_key=2813045 |archive-date=2021-04-22 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chysis Laevis}} laevis Category:Epiphytic orchids Category:Orchids of Mexico Category:Orchids of Central America Category:Plants described in 1840