Scaphosepalum

Definitions of Scaphosepalum
  1. noun
    comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape
    synonyms: genus Scaphosepalum
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    type of:
    liliopsid genus, monocot genus
    genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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