Aganisia

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Aganisia
Warrea cyanea (1845).jpg
Aganisia cyanea
from "Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe", 1845
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Aganisia
Lindl.
Type species
Aganisia pulchella
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
  • Acacallis Lindl.
  • KochiophytonSchltr. ex Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius

Aganisia is a small South American genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), subfamily Epidendroideae. [2] [3]

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The genus was named after the Greek word ‘agnos’ (gratitude), perhaps referring to the sweet scent of its flowers.

These dwarf, epiphytic climbing orchids occur in mountainous or savanna forests and alongside rivers in Trinidad, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname and Peru. [1]

Aganisia produce pseudobulbs and small flowers produced from a creeping rhizome. These flowers generally reach 4 cm in width. Their color varies from a rose-tinted violet to a blue-tinted violet. The flower has a short column foot and an elongate stipe. [4]

They are rarely cultivated.

Species

Aganisia cyanea Aganisia cyanea Orchi 03.jpg
Aganisia cyanea

Four species are currently recognized (May 2014): [1]

Intergeneric Hybrids


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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Lindley, John. 1839. Edwards's Botanical Register 25: Misc. 46
  3. ↑ William Louis Stern, Walter S; Judd and Barbara S. Carlsward : Systematic and comparative anatomy of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae), sans Oncidiinae - Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 144 Issue 3 Page 251 - March 2004
  4. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "2010". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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