Cycnoches

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Cycnoches
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Cycnoches loddigesii
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Catasetinae
Genus: Cycnoches
Lindl.
Type species
Cycnoches loddigesii
Lindl.

Cycnoches is a genus of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico. [1] Also called swan necks, swan orchids, or swanworts, [2] they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests. [3]

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Cycnoches ventricosum

List of species

Species accepted as of May 2025: [1]

  1. Cycnoches aureum Lindl. & Paxton (1852) – Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
  2. Cycnoches barthiorum G.F.Carr & Christenson (1999) – Colombia
  3. Cycnoches bennettii Dodson (1989) – Peru
  4. Cycnoches brachydactylon Schltr. (1924) – Colombia
  5. Cycnoches carrii Christenson (1999) – Peru
  6. Cycnoches chlorochilon Klotzsch (1838) – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
  7. Cycnoches christensonii D.E.Benn. (1998) – Peru
  8. Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe (1913) – Peru, Brazil
  9. Cycnoches dianae Rchb.f. (1852) – Panama
  10. Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman (1842) – southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia
  11. Cycnoches farnsworthianum D.E.Benn. & Christenson (2001) – Peru
  12. Cycnoches glanduliferum Rolfe (1892) – southern Mexico, Central America
  13. Cycnoches guttulatum Schltr. (1922) – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
  14. Cycnoches haagii Barb.Rodr. (1881) – from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil
  15. Cycnoches herrenhusanum Jenny & G.A.Romero (1991) – Colombia, Ecuador
  16. Cycnoches jarae Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) – Peru
  17. Cycnoches lehmannii Rchb.f. (1878) – Ecuador, Peru
  18. Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl. (1832) – from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil
  19. Cycnoches lusiae G.A.Romero & Garay (1999) – Venezuela
  20. Cycnoches maculatum Lindl. (1840) – Colombia, Venezuela
  21. Cycnoches manoelae P.Castro & Campacci (1993) – Brazil
  22. Cycnoches pachydactylon Schltr. (1922) – Nicaragua, Panama
  23. Cycnoches pentadactylon Lindl. (1843) – Peru, Brazil
  24. Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe (1891) – Ecuador, Peru
  25. Cycnoches powellii Schltr. (1922) – Panama
  26. Cycnoches quatuorcristis D.E.Benn. (1992) – Peru
  27. Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe (1891) – Costa Rica
  28. Cycnoches schmidtianum Christenson & G.F.Carr (2001) – Peru
  29. Cycnoches stenodactylon Schltr. (1922) – Panama
  30. Cycnoches suarezii Dodson (1989) – Ecuador
  31. Cycnoches thurstoniorum Dodson (1989) – Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
  32. Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman (1838) – Mexico, Central America
  33. Cycnoches warszewiczii Rchb.f. (1852) – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama

References

  1. 1 2 "Cycnoches Lindl". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Cycnoches". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Pérez-Escobar, Oscar Alejandro; Gottschling, Marc; Chomicki, Guillaume; Condamine, Fabien L.; Klitgård, Bente B.; Pansarin, Emerson; Gerlach, Günter (2017). "Andean Mountain Building Did not Preclude Dispersal of Lowland Epiphytic Orchids in the Neotropics". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 4919. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.4919P. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04261-z . ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   5501825 . PMID   28687774.


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