Benzingia

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Benzingia
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Benzingia caudata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Benzingia
Dodson [1]
Type species
Benzingia hirtzii
Dodson
Synonyms [1]

AckermaniaDodson & R.Escobar, illegitimate

Benzingia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to mountains of Central America and northwestern South America from Costa Rica to Peru. [1] [2]

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Species

As of May 2012 nine species are recognized: [1]

  1. Benzingia caudata (Ackerman) Dressler – Peru (Cordillera del Cóndor), Ecuador
  2. Benzingia cornuta (Garay) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
  3. Benzingia estradae (Dodson) Dodson - Ecuador
  4. Benzingia hajekii (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler – Peru
  5. Benzingia hirtzii Dodson - Ecuador (Esmeraldas)
  6. Benzingia jarae (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler – Peru
  7. Benzingia palorae (Dodson & Hirtz) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
  8. Benzingia reichenbachiana (Schltr.) Dressler - Costa Rica, Panama
  9. Benzingia thienii (Dodson) P.A.Harding - Ecuador

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  4. Palmorchis duckeiHoehne - Brazil
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  1. Chondroscaphe amabilis(Schltr.) Senghas & G.Gerlach in F.R.R.Schlechter - Ecuador, Colombia
  2. Chondroscaphe atrilinguisDressler - Costa Rica, Panama
  3. Chondroscaphe bicolor(Rolfe) Dressler - Costa Rica, Panama
  4. Chondroscaphe chestertonii(Rchb.f.) Senghas & G.Gerlach in F.R.R.Schlechter - Ecuador, Colombia
  5. Chondroscaphe dabeibaensisP.A.Harding - Colombia
  6. Chondroscaphe eburnea(Dressler) Dressler - Panama
  7. Chondroscaphe embreei(Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius - Ecuador, Colombia
  8. Chondroscaphe escobariana(Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius - Colombia
  9. Chondroscaphe flaveola(Linden & Rchb.f.) Senghas & G.Gerlach in F.R.R.Schlechter - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru
  10. Chondroscaphe gentryi(Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius - Ecuador
  11. Chondroscaphe merana(Dodson & Neudecker) Dressler - Ecuador
  12. Chondroscaphe plicata(D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler - Peru
  13. Chondroscaphe venezuelanaPupulin & Dressler - Venezuela
  14. Chondroscaphe yamilethaePupulin - Costa Rica

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Benzingia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2012-05-15
  2. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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