Ornithocephalus (plant)

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Ornithocephalus
Ornithocephalus manabina at Vallarta Botanical Gardens.jpg
Ornithocephalus manabina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Ornithocephalus
Hook. (1824)
Type species
Ornithocephalus gladiatus
Hook. (1824)
Synonyms [1]
  • Sphyrastylis Schltr.
  • Oakes-AmesiaC.Schweinf. & P.H.Allen

Ornithocephalus is a genus of orchids comprising more than 50 known species widespread in South America, Central America, Southern Mexico, Trinidad and the Windward Islands. [1] [2]

Species accepted as of June 2014: [1]

  1. Ornithocephalus alfredoi Archila & Chiron
  2. Ornithocephalus archilarum Chiron
  3. Ornithocephalus aristatus Pupulin & Dressler
  4. Ornithocephalus aurorae D.E.Benn. & Christenson
  5. Ornithocephalus bicornis Lindl. in G.Bentham
  6. Ornithocephalus biloborostratus Salazar & R.González
  7. Ornithocephalus bonitensis (Dodson) Toscano
  8. Ornithocephalus brachyceras G.A.Romero & Carnevali
  9. Ornithocephalus brachystachyus Schltr.
  10. Ornithocephalus bryostachyus Schltr.
  11. Ornithocephalus cascajalensis Archila
  12. Ornithocephalus castelfrancoi Pupulin
  13. Ornithocephalus caveroi D.E.Benn. & Christenson
  14. Ornithocephalus ciliatus Lindl.
  15. Ornithocephalus cochleariformis C.Schweinf.
  16. Ornithocephalus cryptanthus (C.Schweinf. & P.H.Allen) Toscano & Dressler.
  17. Ornithocephalus cujeticola Barb.Rodr.
  18. Ornithocephalus dalstroemii (Dodson) Toscano & Dressler
  19. Ornithocephalus dodsonii R.Vásquez & T.Krömer
  20. Ornithocephalus dolabratus Rchb.f.
  21. Ornithocephalus dressleri (Toscano) Toscano & Dressler
  22. Ornithocephalus dunstervillei Toscano & Carnevali
  23. Ornithocephalus ecuadorensis (Garay) Toscano & Dressler
  24. Ornithocephalus escobarianus (Garay) Toscano & Dressler
  25. Ornithocephalus estradae Dodson
  26. Ornithocephalus falcatus Focke
  27. Ornithocephalus garayi (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Toscano & Dressler
  28. Ornithocephalus gladiatus Hook.
  29. Ornithocephalus grex-anserinus Dressler & Mora-Ret.
  30. Ornithocephalus hoppii (Schltr.) Toscano & Dressler
  31. Ornithocephalus inflexus Lindl.
  32. Ornithocephalus iridifolius Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
  33. Ornithocephalus kalbreyerianus Kraenzl.
  34. Ornithocephalus lankesteri Ames
  35. Ornithocephalus lehmannii Schltr.
  36. Ornithocephalus longilabris Schltr.
  37. Ornithocephalus manabina Dodson
  38. Ornithocephalus micranthus Schltr.
  39. Ornithocephalus minimiflorus Senghas
  40. Ornithocephalus montealegreae Pupulin
  41. Ornithocephalus myrticola Lindl.
  42. Ornithocephalus numenius Toscano & Dressler
  43. Ornithocephalus obergiae Soto Arenas
  44. Ornithocephalus oberonioides (Schltr.) Toscano & Dressler
  45. Ornithocephalus patentilobus C.Schweinf.
  46. Ornithocephalus polyodon Rchb.f.
  47. Ornithocephalus powellii Schltr.
  48. Ornithocephalus suarezii Dodson
  49. Ornithocephalus torresii Salazar & Soto Arenas
  50. Ornithocephalus tripterus Schltr.
  51. Ornithocephalus tsubotae (P.Ortiz) Toscano & Dressler
  52. Ornithocephalus urceilabris (P.Ortiz & R.Escobar) Toscano & Dressler
  53. Ornithocephalus valerioi Ames & C.Schweinf.
  54. Ornithocephalus vasquezii Dodson
  55. Ornithocephalus zamoranus Dodson

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ 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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