Kegeliella

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Kegeliella
Kegeliella houtteana (as Kegelia houtteana)- cut and edited from Xenia 1 pl 20 (1858).jpg
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Kegeliella
Mansf.
Synonyms [1]

KegeliaRchb. f. 1852, illegitimate homonym, not Sch. Bip. 1848 (Asteraceae) [2]

Kegeliella is a genus of orchids native to Mesoamerica, Trinidad, and northern South America. [3] [4] [5]

Species [1]
  1. Kegeliella atropilosa - Veracruz to Panama
  2. Kegeliella houtteana - Trinidad, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Amapá
  3. Kegeliella kupperi - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
  4. Kegeliella orientalis - Venezuela

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Tropicos search for Kegelia
  3. ↑ Mansfeld, Rudolf. 1934. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 36(936–941): 60
  4. ↑ The Plant List
  5. ↑ Pupulin, F. 2002. Catálogo revisado y anotado de las Orchidaceae de Costa Rica. Lankesteriana 4: 1–88.
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