Pseudocentrum

Pseudocentrum
Pseudocentrum bursarium in Napo, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Cranichidinae
Genus:	Pseudocentrum Lindl.

Pseudocentrum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Central America, the West Indies and northern South America. ^{[1] [2]}

Species recognized as of June 2014:

1. Pseudocentrum bursarium Rchb.f. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
2. Pseudocentrum guadalupense Cogn. in I.Urban - Guadeloupe ^[3]
3. Pseudocentrum hoffmannii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. - Costa Rica, Panama
4. Pseudocentrum macrostachyum Lindl. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
5. Pseudocentrum minus Benth. - Jamaica, Dominican Republic
6. Pseudocentrum purdii Garay - Colombia
7. Pseudocentrum sylvicola Rchb.f. - Colombia, Ecuador

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
3. Parc national de la Guadeloupe, 2013, Redécouverte de Pseudocentrum guadalupense Cogn. (rediscovery of a species formerly thought to be extinct)

External links

• Swiss Orchid Foundation at Herberium Jany renz, Pseudocentrum purdii Garay
• Plant illustrations, Pseudocentrum