Acrorchis

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Acrorchis roseola
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Acrorchis

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A. roseola
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Acrorchis roseola

Acrorchis is a monotypic genus from the orchid family (Orchidaceae), subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Epidendreae, subtribe Laeliinae.

The only species, Acrorchis roseola, is an epiphytic orchid that occurs in Costa Rica and Panama [1] at heights between 900 and 2,500 m. It is clump-forming, magenta orchid, reaching a height of 15 cm. The sepals and petals of its small flowers have distinct lengths and shapes. The base of the lip has a white color on the margins. [2]

This orchid is very rare in cultivation.

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  1. Polycycnis acutilobaSchltr. - Colombia
  2. Polycycnis annectansDressler - Ecuador
  3. Polycycnis auritaDressler - Ecuador, Colombia
  4. Polycycnis barbata(Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras
  5. Polycycnis blancoiG.Gerlach - Costa Rica
  6. Polycycnis escobarianaG.Gerlach - Colombia
  7. Polycycnis gratiosaEndrés & Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica
  8. Polycycnis grayiDodson - Ecuador
  9. Polycycnis lehmanniiRolfe - Colombia
  10. Polycycnis lepidaLinden & Rchb.f. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
  11. Polycycnis muscifera(Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
  12. Polycycnis pfisteriSenghas, Tagges & G.Gerlach - Colombia
  13. Polycycnis silvanaF.Barros - Bahia
  14. Polycycnis surinamensisC.Schweinf - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Suriname, Guyana
  15. Polycycnis tortuosaDressler - Panama
  16. Polycycnis trulliferaD.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
  17. Polycycnis villegasianaG.Gerlach - Colombia
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  1. Baskervilla assurgensLindl. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  2. Baskervilla auriculataGaray - Ecuador, Bolivia
  3. Baskervilla bolivianaT.Hashim - Bolivia
  4. Baskervilla colombianaGaray - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
  5. Baskervilla leptanthaDressler - Costa Rica
  6. Baskervilla machupicchuensisNauray & Christenson - Peru
  7. Baskervilla paranaensis(Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Brazil
  8. Baskervilla pastasaeGaray - Ecuador
  9. Baskervilla stenopetalaDressler - Panama
  10. Baskervilla venezuelanaGaray & Dunst. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
<i>Cischweinfia</i> genus of plants

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Coccineorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 7 accepted species, native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

  1. Coccineorchis bracteosa(Ames & C.Schweinf.) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador
  2. Coccineorchis cernua(Lindl.) Garay - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  3. Coccineorchis cristataSzlach., Rutk. & Mytnik - Panama
  4. Coccineorchis dressleriSzlach., Rutk. & Mytnik - Panama
  5. Coccineorchis navarrensis(Ames) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia
  6. Coccineorchis standleyi(Ames) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras
  7. Coccineorchis warszewiczianaSzlach. - Costa Rica

Crossoglossa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 26 currently recognized species native to Central America and South America, from Nicaragua to Bolivia.

  1. Crossoglossa acuminatissimaNog.-Sav. & Carnevali - Colombia
  2. Crossoglossa aurantilineataPupulin - Costa Rica
  3. Crossoglossa barfodiiDodson - Ecuador
  4. Crossoglossa bifidaDressler - Panama
  5. Crossoglossa blephariglottis(Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica
  6. Crossoglossa boyleiDodson - Ecuador
  7. Crossoglossa caulescens(Lindl.) Dodson - Ecuador
  8. Crossoglossa dalessandroi(Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
  9. Crossoglossa dalstroemii(Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
  10. Crossoglossa dodsoniiR.Vásquez - Bolivia
  11. Crossoglossa ellipticaDressler - Panama
  12. Crossoglossa eustachys(Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica
  13. Crossoglossa exigua(Garay) Nog.-Sav. & G.A.Romero - Colombia
  14. Crossoglossa fratrum(Schltr.) Dressler ex Dodson - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
  15. Crossoglossa hirtziiDodson - Ecuador
  16. Crossoglossa kalbreyeriana(Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz - Colombia
  17. Crossoglossa liparidoides(Finet) Dodson - Ecuador, Peru
  18. Crossoglossa longissima(Kraenzl.) P.Ortiz - Colombia
  19. Crossoglossa nanegalensisDodson - Ecuador
  20. Crossoglossa neirynckianaSzlach. & Marg. - Ecuador
  21. Crossoglossa pichinchae(Schltr.) Dodson - Ecuador
  22. Crossoglossa polyblephara(Schltr.) Dodson - Colombia
  23. Crossoglossa sotoanaPupulin & Karremans - Costa Rica
  24. Crossoglossa steinii(Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
  25. Crossoglossa tipuloides(Lindl.) Dodson - Colombia
  26. Crossoglossa topoensis(Mansf.) Dodson - Ecuador
<i>Trizeuxis</i> genus of plants

Trizeuxis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Trizeuxis falcata, native to the American Tropics.

Triphora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies and eastern North America as far north as Ontario. Noddingcaps is a common name for plants in this genus.

  1. Triphora amazonicaSchltr. - Florida, Caribbean, south to Brazil
  2. Triphora carnosula(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil
  3. Triphora craigheadiiLuer - Florida
  4. Triphora debilis(Schltr.) Schltr. - southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama
  5. Triphora duckeiSchltr. - Brazil
  6. Triphora foldatsiiCarnevali - Venezuela
  7. Triphora gentianoides(Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr. - Florida, Southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Veenzuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bahamas, Greater Antilles
  8. Triphora hassleriana(Cogn. ex Chodat & Hassl.) Schltr. - from Mexico to Argentina
  9. Triphora heringeriPabst - Brazil
  10. Triphora miserrima(Cogn.) Acuña - Cuba, Hispaniola
  11. Triphora nitida(Schltr.) Schltr. - Costa Rica
  12. Triphora pusilla(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. - Brazil
  13. Triphora ravenii(L.O.Williams) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama
  14. Triphora santamariensisPortalet - Brazil
  15. Triphora surinamensis(Lindl. ex Benth.) Britton - West Indies south to Brazil
  16. Triphora trianthophora(Sw.) Rydb. Ontario, Eastern United States, much of Mexico
  17. Triphora unifloraA.W.C.Ferreira, Baptista & Pansarin - Brazil
  18. Triphora wagneriSchltr. - from Mexico to Ecuador
  19. Triphora yucatanensisAmes - Florida and the Yucatán Peninsula

Palmorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America and Trinidad.

  1. Palmorchis caxiuanensisRocha, S.S.Almeida & Freitas - Pará
  2. Palmorchis colombianaGaray - Colombia
  3. Palmorchis deceptoriusVeyret & Szlach. - Colombia
  4. Palmorchis duckeiHoehne - Brazil
  5. Palmorchis eidaeDressler - Costa Rica
  6. Palmorchis guianensis(Schltr.) C.Schweinf. & Correll - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas
  7. Palmorchis imuyaensisDodson & G.A.Romero - Ecuador
  8. Palmorchis lobulata(Mansf.) C.Schweinf. & Correll - French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru
  9. Palmorchis nitidaDressler - Costa Rica, Panama
  10. Palmorchis pabstiiVeyret - French Guiana
  11. Palmorchis paludicolaDressler - Costa Rica
  12. Palmorchis pandurataC.Schweinf. & Correll - Ecuador
  13. Palmorchis powellii(Ames) C.Schweinf. & Correll - Costa Rica, Panama
  14. Palmorchis prospectorumVeyret - French Guiana, Suriname
  15. Palmorchis puber(Cogn.) Garay - Brazil, Venezuela
  16. Palmorchis pubescentisBarb.Rodr. - French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad
  17. Palmorchis silvicolaL.O.Williams - Costa Rica, Ecuador
  18. Palmorchis sobralioidesBarb.Rodr. - Ecuador, Brazil
  19. Palmorchis sordidaDressler - Costa Rica
  20. Palmorchis trilobulataL.O.Williams - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Suriname, Ecuador
  21. Palmorchis trinotataDressler - Panama

Pseudocentrum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.

<i>Rossioglossum</i> genus of plants

Rossioglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has 9 currently recognized species, all native to Mexico, Central America, and northern and western South America.

  1. Rossioglossum ampliatum(Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams - from Guatemala to Venezuela and Peru
  2. Rossioglossum grande(Lindl.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica
  3. Rossioglossum hagsaterianumSoto Arenas - Nayarit, Jalisco
  4. Rossioglossum insleayi(Baker ex Lindl.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. - from Jalisco to Oaxaca
  5. Rossioglossum krameri(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
  6. Rossioglossum oerstedii(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams - Costa Rica, Panama
  7. Rossioglossum schlieperianum(Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. - Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama
  8. Rossioglossum splendens(Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. - Oaxaca
  9. Rossioglossum williamsianum(Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras

Systeloglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.

  1. Systeloglossum acuminatumAmes & C.Schweinf. - Costa Rica, Panama
  2. Systeloglossum bennettii(Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Peru
  3. Systeloglossum costaricenseSchltr. - Peru
  4. Systeloglossum ecuadorense(Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Ecuador
  5. Systeloglossum panamenseDressler & N.H.Williams - Panama

Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum is a species of orchid. It is native to the West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and southern Florida.

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Dressler, Robert Louis. 1990. Acrorchis, a new genus from the mountains of Panama and Costa Rica Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s. 12(1): 11-17, f.