Mexipedium is a monotypic genus of the Orchid family Orchidaceae, subfamily Cypripedioideae), consisting of only one species Mexipedium xerophyticum. This species was initially described as Phragmipedium xerophyticum by Soto Arenas, Salazar & Hàgsater in 1990, but transferred to its own genus by Albert & Chase in 1992. It is known from a single location in Oaxaca, Mexico. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... Families according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Agapanthus Agavaceae Alliaceae Amaryllidaceae Aphyllanthaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Doryanthaceae Hemerocallidaceae Hyacinthaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixioliriaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Orchidaceae Ruscaceae Tecophilaeaceae Themidaceae Xanthorrhoea Xeronema Asparagales is an order of monocots which includes a number of families of non-woody plants. ... Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Genera See Taxonomy of the orchid family. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Monotypic refers to a taxonomic group with only one subgroup at the next (smaller) taxonomic level, for example, a monotypic genus has only one species. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Genera See Taxonomy of the orchid family. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mexican state of Oaxaca is in the south west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. ...

Its name is derived from the country of origin Mexico and the Latin "pes" (foot), referring to the form of the lip. The specific epithet xerophyticum means "preferring dry conditions". The Labellum (or Lip) is a part of an orchid. ...

A small number of plants were removed for propagation to prevent rapacious growers from plundering their numbers. Plants are now available as propagules.

This is a litophytic orchid, growing on cliffs, shielded from the sun, at an elevation of 320 m. But it grows as well on rocks or in the detritus in the crevasses. Its growth form is unusual in that it tends to spread by runners, offset from the parent plant by several centimeters. The silvery-green leaves are small, stiff and semi-erect. The tiny white-pink flowers show a shieldlike, pinkish staminode and a slipper-shaped lip. The curved petals are scythe-shaped. Inflorescences are multifloral and branched. Lithophytes are a type of plant that grows in or on rocks. ... Detritus may refer to: In geology, detritus is the name for loose fragments of rock that have been worn away by erosion. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... In botany, a staminode is an often rudimentary, sterile or abortive stamen. ... The Labellum (or Lip) is a part of an orchid. ... A petal is one member or part of the corolla of a flower. ...

Allied genera include Cypripedium, Paphiopedilum, Selenipedium and Phragmipedium. Species See text Cypripedium Lindley 1757, is a genus of the 56 species from the Orchid family (Orchidaceae). ... Species See text Paphiopedilum (Pfitzer 1886) is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) of approximately 77 species native to South China, India, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. ... Selenipedium is a genus of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae) (Subfamily Cypripedioideae). ... Species See text Phragmipedium (Rolfe 1896) is a genus of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae) (Subfamily Cypripedioideae). ...

The genus Mexipedium is considered to be a Phragmipedium for legal purposes, so it is on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between Governments, drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). ...

Reference

• Albert, V. A. and M. W. Chase. 1992. Mexipedium: A New Genus of Slipper Orchid (Cypripedioideae: Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 7 (3): 172-176.