"The orchid flora of the Philippine Archipelago is closely allied to that of Celebs, Java, and the Malay Peninsula. There are no endemic genera. The number of endemic species, on the contrary, is very large, at least six-sevenths of the known ones having been found nowhere else. It is safe to say that approximately ninety per cent of the orchid flora is endemic."
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Oakes Ames (botanist)
Oakes Ames (September 26, 1874 – April 28, 1950) was an American orchidologist and professor of botany at Harvard University. He is known for creating an extensive orchid herbarium, which was eventually incorporated into the Harvard University Herbaria.
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