Sievekingia

Sievekingia
Sievekingia reichenbachiana 1898 illustration [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Stanhopeinae
Genus:	Sievekingia Rchb. f. (1871)
Type species
Sievekingia suavis Rchb. f. (1871)
Synonyms [2]
GorgoglossumF. Lehm.

Sievekingia is a genus of orchid, comprising 20 species found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The following species are recognized as of June 2014: ^[2]

1. Sievekingia butcheri Dressler – Panama
2. Sievekingia colombiana Garay – Colombia, Ecuador
3. Sievekingia cristata Garay – Ecuador
4. Sievekingia dunstervilleorum Foldats – Venezuela
5. Sievekingia filifera Dressler – Colombia
6. Sievekingia fimbriata Rchb.f. – Panama, Costa Rica
7. Sievekingia herklotziana Jenny – Colombia
8. Sievekingia herrenhusana Jenny – Ecuador
9. Sievekingia hirtzii Waldv. – Ecuador
10. Sievekingia jenmanii Rchb.f. – Venezuela, the Guianas
11. Sievekingia marsupialis Dodson – Colombia, Ecuador
12. Sievekingia peruviana Rolfe ex C.Schweinf. – Peru
13. Sievekingia reichenbachiana Rolfe – Colombia, Ecuador
14. Sievekingia rhonhofiae Mansf. – Ecuador
15. Sievekingia suavis Rchb.f. – Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia
16. Sievekingia trollii Mansf. – Bolivia

References

1. M. S. del. ( = Matilda Smith, 1854–1926), J. N. Fitch lith. ( = John Nugent Fitch, 1840–1927) Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911) – "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol 124
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. 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.
5. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
6. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

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