Selenipedium

Last updated

Selenipedium
Selenipedium isabelianum & Selenipedium palmifolium.jpg
Selenipedium palmifolium, illustration
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Cypripedioideae
Genus: Selenipedium
Rchb.f.
Species

See text

Selenipedium is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) (Subfamily Cypripedioideae ). The genus has been given its own tribe, Selenipedieae, and subtribe, Selenipediinae. [1] [2] It is abbreviated Sel in trade journals.

The name of the genus is derived from the Greek selen, which means "moon", and pedium, which means "slipper" (referring to the pouch).

The seed capsules of these Central and South American lady's slipper orchids were formerly used as vanilla substitutes, but selenipediums are now rarely cultivated. Partly this is because of the difficulty of doing so, but is probably also due to the relatively small size of the Selenipedium's flower. The wild flower's Amazonian habitat is also under threat, so extinction is a risk for all species of Selenipedium.

Accepted species include: [3]

Allied genera include Paphiopedilum , Mexipedium , Cypripedium and Phragmipedium - a genus containing several species formerly known as Selenipedium, such as Selenipedium caricinum (now Phragmipedium caricinum ), and Selenipedium laevigatum (now Paphiopedilum philippinense ).

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cypripedioideae</span> Subfamily of orchids

Cypripedioideae is a subfamily of orchids commonly known as lady's slipper orchids, lady slipper orchids or slipper orchids. Cypripedioideae includes the genera Cypripedium, Mexipedium, Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium and Selenipedium. They are characterised by the slipper-shaped pouches of the flowers – the pouch traps insects so they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollinia, thus fertilizing the flower. There are approximately 165 species in the subfamily.

<i>Paphiopedilum</i> Genus of orchids

Paphiopedilum, often called the Venus slipper, is a genus of the lady slipper orchid subfamily Cypripedioideae of the flowering plant family Orchidaceae. The genus comprises some 80 accepted taxa including several natural hybrids. The genus is native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, New Guinea and the Solomon and Bismarck Islands. The type species of this genus is Paphiopedilum insigne.

<i>Phragmipedium</i> Genus of orchids

Phragmipedium is a genus of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae) and the only genus comprised in the tribe Phragmipedieae and subtribe Phragmipediinae. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek phragma, which means "division", and pedium, which means "slipper". It is abbreviated 'Phrag' in trade journals.

<i>Mexipedium</i> Genus of flowering plants

Mexipedium is a monotypic genus of the Orchid family Orchidaceae, subfamily Cypripedioideae, consisting of only one species, Mexipedium xerophyticum. It is also the single genus of tribe Mexipedieae and subtribe Mexipediinae.

<i>Stanhopea</i> Genus of orchids

Stanhopea is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) from Central and South America. The abbreviation used in horticultural trade is Stan. The genus is named for the 4th Earl of Stanhope (1781-1855), president of the Medico-Botanical Society of London (1829-1837). It comprises 55 species and 5 natural hybrids. These epiphytic, but occasionally terrestrial orchids can be found in damp forests from Mexico to Trinidad to NW Argentina. Their ovate pseudobulbs carry from the top one long, plicate, elliptic leaf.

<i>Polystachya</i> Genus of orchids

Polystachya, abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is the type genus of the subtribe Polystachyinae. It contains about 100 species widespread across many of the tropical areas of the world.

<i>Capanemia</i> Genus of orchids

Capanemia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 recognized species, all from South America:

  1. Capanemia adelaidaePorto & Brade - Brazil
  2. Capanemia brachycion(Griseb.) Schltr. - Rio Grande do Sul, northern and eastern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  3. Capanemia carinataBarb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais, São Paulo
  4. Capanemia gehrtiiHoehne - Brazil
  5. Capanemia micromeraBarb.Rodr. - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
  6. Capanemia paranaensisSchltr. - Paraná
  7. Capanemia pygmaea(Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Brazil, probably extinct
  8. Capanemia superflua(Rchb.f.) Garay - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
  9. Capanemia theresaeBarb.Rodr. - Brazil
<i>Centroglossa</i> Genus of orchids

Centroglossa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 accepted species, all endemic to Brazil:

  1. Centroglossa castellensisBrade - Espírito Santo
  2. Centroglossa greeniana(Rchb.f.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
  3. Centroglossa macrocerasBarb.Rodr.
  4. Centroglossa nunes-limaePorto & Brade - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
  5. Centroglossa tripollinica(Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.
<i>Cyclopogon</i> Genus of orchids

Cyclopogon is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a fairly large genus distributed widely over much of South America, the Galápagos, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, with 2 species (C. elatus + C. cranichoides) in southern Florida.

<i>Epistephium</i> Genus of orchids

Epistephium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, with a few species in Belize and Trinidad.

  1. Epistephium amabileSchltr.
  2. Epistephium amplexicaulePoepp. & Endl.
  3. Epistephium brevicristatumR.E.Schult.
  4. Epistephium duckeiHuber
  5. Epistephium elatumKunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
  6. Epistephium ellipticumR.O.Williams & Summerh. (Belize)
  7. Epistephium frederici-augustiRchb.f. & Warsz.
  8. Epistephium hernandiiGaray
  9. Epistephium lamprophyllumSchltr.
  10. Epistephium laxiflorumBarb.Rodr.
  11. Epistephium lobulosumGaray
  12. Epistephium lucidumCogn. in C.F.P.von Martius
  13. Epistephium matogrossenseHoehne
  14. Epistephium parviflorumLindl.
  15. Epistephium portellianumBarb.Rodr.
  16. Epistephium praestansHoehne
  17. Epistephium sclerophyllumLindl.
  18. Epistephium sessiliflorumLindl.
  19. Epistephium speciosumBarb.Rodr.
  20. Epistephium subrepensHoehne
  21. Epistephium williamsiiHook.f.
<i>Eurystyles</i> Genus of orchids

Eurystyles is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains over 20 known species native to South America, Central America, the West Indies and Chiapas.

  1. Eurystyles actinosophila(Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
  2. Eurystyles alticolaDod
  3. Eurystyles ananassocomus(Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  4. Eurystyles borealisA.H.Heller
  5. Eurystyles christensoniiD.E.Benn.
  6. Eurystyles cogniauxii(Kraenzl.) Schltr.
  7. Eurystyles cornu-bovisSzlach.
  8. Eurystyles cotyledonWawra
  9. Eurystyles cristata(Schltr.) Schltr.
  10. Eurystyles crocodilusSzlach.
  11. Eurystyles domingensisDod
  12. Eurystyles gardneri(Lindl.) Garay
  13. Eurystyles guentheriana(Kraenzl.) Garay
  14. Eurystyles hoehneiSzlach.
  15. Eurystyles lobataChiron & V.P.Castro
  16. Eurystyles lorenzii(Cogn.) Schltr.
  17. Eurystyles luisortizii
  18. Eurystyles ochyrana(Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
  19. Eurystyles rutkowskianaSzlach.
  20. Eurystyles splendissimaSzlach.
  21. Eurystyles standleyiAmes
<i>Koellensteinia</i> Genus of orchids

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.

<i>Orleanesia</i> Genus of orchids

Orleanesia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 known species, all native to South America.

  1. Orleanesia amazonicaBarb.Rodr. - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, the Guianas
  2. Orleanesia cuneipetalaPabst - Brazil
  3. Orleanesia ecuadoranaDodson - Ecuador
  4. Orleanesia maculataGaray - Venezuela
  5. Orleanesia mineirosensisGaray - Brazil
  6. Orleanesia peruvianaC.Schweinf. - Peru
  7. Orleanesia pleurostachys(Linden & Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst. - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador
  8. Orleanesia richteriPabst - Brazil
  9. Orleanesia yauaperyensisBarb.Rodr. - Brazil, Venezuela
<i>Paradisanthus</i> Genus of orchids

Paradisanthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 known species, all endemic to Brazil.

  1. Paradisanthus bahiensisRchb.f.
  2. Paradisanthus micranthus(Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
  3. Paradisanthus moseniiRchb.f.
  4. Paradisanthus neglectusSchltr.
<i>Psilochilus</i> Genus of orchids

Psilochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies.

  1. Psilochilus carinatusGaray - Colombia
  2. Psilochilus dusenianusKraenzl. ex Garay & Dunst. - Venezuela, Brazil
  3. Psilochilus macrophyllus(Lindl.) Ames - widespread from central Mexico and the West indies south to Peru
  4. Psilochilus maderoi(Schltr.) Schltr. - Colombia
  5. Psilochilus modestusBarb.Rodr. - Venezuela, Brazil
  6. Psilochilus mollisGaray - Ecuador
  7. Psilochilus physurifolius(Rchb.f.) Løjtnant - Venezuela, Guyana
  8. Psilochilus vallecaucanusKolan. & Szlach. - Colombia
<i>Sarcoglottis</i> Genus of flowering plants

Sarcoglottis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.

<i>Skeptrostachys</i> Genus of flowering plants

Skeptrostachys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern South America.

Veyretia is a genus of terrestrial orchids native to South America and Trinidad.

  1. Veyretia aphylla(Ridl.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
  2. Veyretia caudata(R.J.V.Alves) Mytnik - Minas Gerais
  3. Veyretia cogniauxiana(Barb.Rodr. ex Cogn.) Szlach. - Minas Gerais
  4. Veyretia hassleri(Cogn.) Szlach. - Brazil, Paraguay
  5. Veyretia neuroptera(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil
  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
  9. Veyretia sincorensis(Schltr.) Szlach. - Bahia
  10. Veyretia szlachetkoanaMytnik - Colombia, Venezuela
  11. Veyretia undulataSzlach. - Brazil

References

  1. ↑ Atwood, John T. (1984). "The relationships of the slipper orchids (subfamily Cypripedioideae, Orchidaceae)". Selbyana. 7 (2/4): 129–247. JSTOR   41760369.
  2. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M.; Cribb, P.J.; Chase, M.W. & F. N. Rasmussen (1999): Genera Orchidacearum Vol.1, Oxford U. Press. ISBN   0-19-850513-2
  3. ↑ "Selenipedium Rchb.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.