Koellensteinia

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Koellensteinia
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Koellensteinia tricolor, Canaima
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Koellensteinia
Rchb.f.
Type species
Koellensteinia kellneriana
Rchb.f.

Koellensteinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach for the Captain Carl Kellner von Koellenstein, an Austrian military officer and a botanical correspondent of Reichenbach. [1] [2] [3]

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Distribution and ecology

The genus contains about 19 species native to South America, Belize, Trinidad and Puerto Rico. [4] Terrestrial or epiphytic plants found in low to mid elevation, hill and mountain forests.

Characteristics

Related to Zygopetalum . Stems short, leafy, usually forming pseudobulbs, 1- to 3-leaved. Leaves petiolate, linear to oblong, narrow, pleated, lightly veined. Inflorescence lateral, erect, slender, branched or unbranched, numerous to few-flowered. Flowers small to medium sized, fragrant, yellow or white, barred magenta, rose or violet and suffused pink on the outside. Sepals and petals subsimilar, free, spreading; lip trilobed with spreading or erect, small side lobes, a larger, broad midlobe that is entire or somewhat bilobed and has a bilobed, erect callus. Column with a conspicuous foot, very short, sometimes winged; pollinia 2 or 4.

Cultivation

Require intermediate conditions, moderate shade, and high humidity. The plants can be grown potted in a free-draining bark mixture and should not be allowed to dry out completely for any length of time.

Species

Currently 11 species are accepted: [5]

  1. Koellensteinia carraoensis Garay & Dunst. - Brazil North, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
  2. Koellensteinia dasilvae C.F.Hall & F.Barros - Brazil North
  3. Koellensteinia eburnea (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. - Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
  4. Koellensteinia florida (Rchb.f.) Garay - Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast
  5. Koellensteinia graminea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Trinidad, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
  6. Koellensteinia hyacinthoides Schltr. - Brazil North, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  7. Koellensteinia ionoptera Linden & Rchb.f. - Peru, Ecuador
  8. Koellensteinia kellneriana Rchb.f. - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Colombia, Brazil North, Guyana
  9. Koellensteinia lilijae Foldats - Panama, Venezuela
  10. Koellensteinia spiralis Gomes Ferreira & L.C.Menezes - Bahia
  11. Koellensteinia tricolor (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Belize, Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil North

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  1. Platylepis bigibbosaH.Perrier - Madagascar
  2. Platylepis bombusJ.J.Sm. - Seram
  3. Platylepis commelynae(Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Society Islands
  4. Platylepis constricta(J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  5. Platylepis densifloraRolfe - Réunion
  6. Platylepis geluana(Schltr.) Schuit. & de Vogel - New Guinea
  7. Platylepis glandulosa(Lindl.) Rchb.f. - widespread across tropical and southern Africa
  8. Platylepis grandiflora(Schltr.) Ormerod - New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Futuna
  9. Platylepis heteromorphaRchb.f. - Samoa
  10. Platylepis intricataSchuit. & de Vogel - Papua New Guinea
  11. Platylepis lamellataSchltr. - New Guinea
  12. Platylepis margaritiferaSchltr. - Madagascar
  13. Platylepis occulta(Thouars) Rchb.f. - Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Seychelles
  14. Platylepis polyadeniaRchb.f. - Madagascar, Comoros
  15. Platylepis rufa(Frapp.) Schltr. - Réunion
  16. Platylepis tidorensisJ.J.Sm. - Maluku
  17. Platylepis viscosa(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Réunion
  18. Platylepis xerosteleOrmerod - Cameroon
  19. Platylepis zeuxinoidesSchltr. - New Guinea
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  1. Veyretia aphylla(Ridl.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
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  6. Veyretia rupicola(Garay) F.Barros - Brazil
  7. Veyretia sagittata(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - French Guiana, Argentina, Brazil
  8. Veyretia simplex(Griseb.) Szlach. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
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  10. Veyretia szlachetkoanaMytnik - Colombia, Venezuela
  11. Veyretia undulataSzlach. - Brazil

References

  1. ↑ Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. Die Wagener'schen Orchideen. in Bonplandia. 1854. see pages 17-18.
  2. ↑ F. Petter. Nekrologisches. in Oesterreichisches botanisches Wochenblatt. volume 2. 1852. page 213
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der freiherrlichen Häuser... Volume 18. page 398.
  4. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ "Koellensteinia Rchb.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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