Cycnoches

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Cycnoches
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Cycnoches haagii
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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, abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade, [1] is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico. [2] Also called "swan orchids", they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests. [3]

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List of species

Species accepted as of May 2014: [2]

  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 densiflorum Rolfe (1909) - Colombia
  10. Cycnoches dianae Rchb.f. (1852) - Panama
  11. Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman (1842) - southern Mexico, Central America
  12. Cycnoches farnsworthianum D.E.Benn. & Christenson (2001) - Peru
  13. Cycnoches glanduliferum Rolfe (1892) - southern Mexico, Central America
  14. Cycnoches guttulatum Schltr. (1922) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
  15. Cycnoches haagii Barb.Rodr. (1881) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil
  16. Cycnoches herrenhusanum Jenny & G.A.Romero (1991) - Colombia, Ecuador
  17. Cycnoches jarae Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) - Peru
  18. Cycnoches lehmannii Rchb.f. (1878) - Ecuador, Peru
  19. Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl. (1832) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil
  20. Cycnoches lusiae G.A.Romero & Garay (1999) - Venezuela
  21. Cycnoches maculatum Lindl. (1840) - Colombia, Venezuela
  22. Cycnoches manoelae P.Castro & Campacci (1993) - Brazil
  23. Cycnoches pachydactylon Schltr. (1922) - Nicaragua, Panama
  24. Cycnoches pentadactylon Lindl. (1843) - Peru, Brazil
  25. Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe (1891) - Ecuador, Peru
  26. Cycnoches powellii Schltr. (1922) - Panama
  27. Cycnoches quatuorcristis D.E.Benn. (1992) - Peru
  28. Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe (1891) - Costa Rica
  29. Cycnoches schmidtianum Christenson & G.F.Carr (2001) - Peru
  30. Cycnoches stenodactylon Schltr. (1922) - Panama
  31. Cycnoches suarezii Dodson (1989) - Ecuador
  32. Cycnoches thurstoniorum Dodson (1989) - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
  33. Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman (1838) - Mexico, Central America
  34. Cycnoches warszewiczii Rchb.f. (1852) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama

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  3. Warczewiczella discolor(Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Cuba, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
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  2. Heterotaxis discolor(Lodd. ex Lindl.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Belize, Nicaragua, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
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  1. Rhetinantha aciantha(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to Brazil
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  14. Rhetinantha scorpioidea(Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to 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

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