Ionopsis

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Ionopsis
Ionopsis utricularioides - inflorescence.jpg
Ionopsis utricularioides
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: Oncidiinae
Genus: Ionopsis
Kunth
Type species
Ionopsis utricularioides
(Sw.) Lindl.
Synonyms [1]
  • IanthaHook.
  • CybelionSpreng.
  • KonantziaDodson & N.H.Williams

Ionopsis (violet orchid) [2] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 currently accepted species, native to Latin America, the West Indies, and Florida. [1] [3] [4]

Contents

  1. Ionopsis burchellii Rchb.f. - Brazil
  2. Ionopsis minutiflora (Dodson & N.H.Williams) Pupulin - Ecuador
  3. Ionopsis papillosa Pupulin - Ecuador
  4. Ionopsis satyrioides (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America
  5. Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl. - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, South America, and Florida
  6. Ionopsis zebrina Kraenzl. - Colombia

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ NRCS. "Ionopsis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 646, Ionopsis Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 279, plate 83. 1816.
  4. ↑ 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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