Artorima

Artorima
1843 illustration from Bateman: "Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Laeliinae
Genus:	Artorima Dressler & G.E. Pollard
Species:	A. erubescens
Binomial name
Artorima erubescens Dressler & G.E. Pollard
Synonyms
Epidendrum erubescens Lindl. (1841). Encyclia erubescens(Lindl.) Schltr. (1914).

Artorima is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. ^[1] At present (May 2014), only one species is known: Artorima erubescens

Description

It is an epiphytic orchid with a thick rhizome and a broad conical-ovoid pseudobulb bearing 3-6 elliptic to oblong-lanceolate leaves 20-120 cm long, with a loose terminal panicle, few to many [6-100], fragrant flowers that bloom winter through early spring.

Distribution

It is found in the ever-cloud forests of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico on the highest peaks at elevations from 2,400 to 3,100 meters in a cool place to growing cold. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

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  Artorima erubescens
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See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Dressler, Robert Louis & Pollard, Glenn E. 1971. Nomenclatural notes on the Orchidaceae IV. Phytologia 21:433-439
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Hágsater, E. & G. A. Salazar. 1990. Orchids of Mexico, pt. 1. Icones Orchidacearum (Mexico) 1: plates 1–100.
4. Leopoldi, Carlos. 2011. Artorima erubescens, una curiosidad de la orquídeoflora mexicana. Desde el Herbario Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán 3: 87–88 Archived May 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
5. Greenwood, E. 1983. Artorima erubescens (Lindl.) Dressler & Pollard notas sobre el mecanismo de polinización. Orquídea (México) 9: 113–118.

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 196 ff. Oxford University Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Media related to Artorima at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Artorima at Wikispecies