Karma is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It includes 74 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean, and tropical South America to Bolivia and southern Brazil.[1]

Karma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Karma
Karremans (2023)
Type species
Karma arbuscula
(Lindl.) Karremans[2]
Species[1]

74; see text

Synonyms[1]

Tubella (Luer) Archila (2000 publ. 2009), nom. illeg.

Species

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74 species are accepted.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Karma Karremans. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ Adam P. Karremans. "Karma, a New Genus in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae)," Harvard Papers in Botany 28(1), 61-69, (30 June 2023). https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v28iss1.2023.n7