Aa (plant)

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Cranichidinae
Genus: Aa
Rchb.f., 1854
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Aa is a genus of plants of the family Orchidaceae.

Species in this genus can be found growing terrestrially in cold habitats near the snowline in the Andes and also in Costa Rica; they are usually found close to small streams. The elongated inflorescence grows from a basal rosette of leaves, terminating in a small white non-resupinate flower. This lip is fringed and hood-shaped. The flower gives off a pungent smell that attracts flies. This genus has often been included in the orchid genus Altensteinia .

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The first scientific description of a species of this genus was made in 1815 by Karl Sigismund Kunth, naming it first Ophrys paleaceaKunth (1806)., and later Altensteinia paleacea. In 1854 Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach separated Aa from Altensteinia, to include two species Aa argyrolepis and Aa paleacea. The genus name apparently was rendered by the author to always appear first in alphabetical listings. Another – disputed – explanation, is that Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach named this genus after Pieter van der Aa; the printer of the Dutch botanist Paul Herman's "Paradisus Batavus". [1] A few years later, Reichenbach reviewed the name of the genus and named it again Altensteinia. Finally in 1912 Rudolf Schlechter switched the name again to Aa, as more species were being discovered making the new name more significant.

Species

The following species of Aa are accepted [2]

Synonyms:

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  5. Eltroplectris dalessandroiDodson - Ecuador
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  10. Eltroplectris misera(Kraenzl.) Szlach. - Brazil
  11. Eltroplectris rossiiDodson & G.A.Romero - Ecuador
  12. Eltroplectris schlechteriana(Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
  13. Eltroplectris triloba(Lindl.) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
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  1. Pteroglossa euphlebia(Rchb.f.) Garay - Rio de Janeiro
  2. Pteroglossa glazioviana(Cogn.) Garay - Brazil, Paraguay
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  1. Sauroglossum andinum(Hauman) Garay - Ecuador, Argentina
  2. Sauroglossum aurantiacum(C.Schweinf.) Garay - Peru
  3. Sauroglossum corymbosum(Lindl.) Garay - Peru, Bolivia
  4. Sauroglossum distansLindl. ex Garay - Bolivia
  5. Sauroglossum dromadumSzlach. - Peru
  6. Sauroglossum elatumLindl - Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil
  7. Sauroglossum longiflorum(Schltr.) Garay - Ecuador, Colombia
  8. Sauroglossum odoratumRobatsch - Rio de Janeiro
  9. Sauroglossum organenseSzlach. - Rio de Janeiro
  10. Sauroglossum schweinfurthianumGaray - Peru
  11. Sauroglossum sellilabre(Griseb.) Schltr. - Paraguay, Argentina
<i>Aa argyrolepis</i> Species of orchid

Aa argyrolepis is an orchid in the genus Aa. It grows at altitudes of 2,500 to 4,200 meters in Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.

References

  1. ↑ "Paradisus batavus". Archived from the original on 2002-02-19.
  2. ↑ "World checklist of selected plant families".
  3. ↑ The Plant List: Aa
  4. ↑ Tropicos: Aa aurantiaca
  5. ↑ Tropicos: Aa figueroi
  6. ↑ Tropicos: Aa lehmanii
  7. ↑ Tropicos: Aa Lozanoi
  8. ↑ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP)
  9. ↑ The Plant List: Aa gymnandra
  10. ↑ The Plant List: Aa inaequalis
  11. ↑ WCSP Aa nervosa (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
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