Polycycnis

Polycycnis
Polycycnis lepida 1869 illustration [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Stanhopeinae
Genus:	Polycycnis Rchb. f.
Type species
Polycycnis muscifera (Lindl.) Rchb. f.
Synonyms [2]
PolycycnopsisSzlach.

Polycycnis, abbreviated in horticultural trade as Pcn, is a genus of orchid, comprising 17 species found in Central America, and northern South America. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

1. Polycycnis acutiloba Schltr. - Colombia
2. Polycycnis annectans Dressler - Ecuador
3. Polycycnis aurita Dressler - Ecuador, Colombia
4. Polycycnis barbata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras
5. Polycycnis blancoi G.Gerlach - Costa Rica
6. Polycycnis escobariana G.Gerlach - Colombia
7. Polycycnis gratiosa Endrés & Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica
8. Polycycnis grayi Dodson - Ecuador
9. Polycycnis lehmannii Rolfe - Colombia
10. Polycycnis lepida Linden & Rchb.f. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
11. Polycycnis muscifera (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
12. Polycycnis pfisteri Senghas, Tagges & G.Gerlach - Colombia
13. Polycycnis silvana F.Barros - Bahia
14. Polycycnis surinamensis C.Schweinf - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Suriname, Guyana
15. Polycycnis tortuosa Dressler - Panama
16. Polycycnis trullifera D.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
17. Polycycnis villegasiana G.Gerlach - Colombia

References

1. Polycycnis lepida Linden & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 1038 (1869).
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. 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.
4. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
5. Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.