Polycycnis

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Polycycnis
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Polycycnis lepida
1869 illustration [1]
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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

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<i>Triphora</i> (plant) Genus of orchids

Triphora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies and eastern North America as far north as Ontario. Noddingcaps is a common name for plants in this genus.

  1. Triphora amazonicaSchltr. - Florida, Caribbean, south to Brazil
  2. Triphora carnosula(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil
  3. Triphora craigheadiiLuer - Florida
  4. Triphora debilis(Schltr.) Schltr. - southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama
  5. Triphora duckeiSchltr. - Brazil
  6. Triphora foldatsiiCarnevali - Venezuela
  7. Triphora gentianoides(Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr. - Florida, Southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Veenzuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bahamas, Greater Antilles
  8. Triphora hassleriana(Cogn. ex Chodat & Hassl.) Schltr. - from Mexico to Argentina
  9. Triphora heringeriPabst - Brazil
  10. Triphora miserrima(Cogn.) Acuña - Cuba, Hispaniola
  11. Triphora nitida(Schltr.) Schltr. - Costa Rica
  12. Triphora pusilla(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. - Brazil
  13. Triphora ravenii(L.O.Williams) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama
  14. Triphora santamariensisPortalet - Brazil
  15. Triphora surinamensis(Lindl. ex Benth.) Britton - West Indies south to Brazil
  16. Triphora trianthophoros(Sw.) Rydb. Ontario, Eastern United States, much of Mexico
  17. Triphora unifloraA.W.C.Ferreira, Baptista & Pansarin - Brazil
  18. Triphora wagneriSchltr. - from Mexico to Ecuador
  19. Triphora yucatanensisAmes - Florida and the Yucatán Peninsula
<i>Pescatoria</i> Genus of orchids

Pescatoria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.

<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>Pterichis</i>

Pterichis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America and Jamaica.

<i>Sarcoglottis</i>

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Warczewiczella is a genus of orchids native to South America, Central America, and Cuba.

  1. Warczewiczella amazonicaRchb.f. & Warsz. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  2. Warczewiczella candida(Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Brazil
  3. Warczewiczella discolor(Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Cuba, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
  4. Warczewiczella guianensis(Lafontaine, G.Gerlach & Senghas) Dressler - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
  5. Warczewiczella ionoleuca(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador
  6. Warczewiczella lipscombiae(Rolfe) Fowlie - Panama
  7. Warczewiczella lobata(Garay) Dressler - Colombia
  8. Warczewiczella marginataRchb.f. - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
  9. Warczewiczella palatina(Senghas) Dressler - Peru, Bolivia
  10. Warczewiczella timbiensisP.Ortiz - Colombia
  11. Warczewiczella wailesiana(Lindl.) E.Morren - Brazil

Rhetinantha is a genus of orchids native to Mexico, South America and Central America.

  1. Rhetinantha aciantha(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to Brazil
  2. Rhetinantha acuminata(Lindl.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  3. Rhetinantha cerifera(Barb.Rodr.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
  4. Rhetinantha divaricata(Barb.Rodr.) M.A.Blanco - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
  5. Rhetinantha encyclioides(J.T.Atwood & Dodson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador
  6. Rhetinantha friedrichsthalii(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - Central America, Yucatán Peninsula
  7. Rhetinantha mariaisabeliae(J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco - Bolivia
  8. Rhetinantha monacensis(Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia
  9. Rhetinantha neilii(Dodson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador
  10. Rhetinantha notylioglossa(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
  11. Rhetinantha ophiodens(J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco - Bolivia
  12. Rhetinantha pastorellii(D.E.Benn. & Christenson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador, Peru
  13. Rhetinantha schistostele(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco - Costa Rica
  14. Rhetinantha scorpioidea(Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to Brazil
  15. Rhetinantha witsenioides(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
<i>Chondroscaphe</i> Genus of orchids

Chondroscaphe is a genus of orchids native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.

  1. Chondroscaphe amabilis(Schltr.) Senghas & G.Gerlach in F.R.R.Schlechter - Ecuador, Colombia
  2. Chondroscaphe atrilinguisDressler - Costa Rica, Panama
  3. Chondroscaphe bicolor(Rolfe) Dressler - Costa Rica, Panama
  4. Chondroscaphe chestertonii(Rchb.f.) Senghas & G.Gerlach in F.R.R.Schlechter - Ecuador, Colombia
  5. Chondroscaphe dabeibaensisP.A.Harding - Colombia
  6. Chondroscaphe eburnea(Dressler) Dressler - Panama
  7. Chondroscaphe embreei(Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius - Ecuador, Colombia
  8. Chondroscaphe escobariana(Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius - Colombia
  9. Chondroscaphe flaveola(Linden & Rchb.f.) Senghas & G.Gerlach in F.R.R.Schlechter - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru
  10. Chondroscaphe gentryi(Dodson & Neudecker) Rungius - Ecuador
  11. Chondroscaphe merana(Dodson & Neudecker) Dressler - Ecuador
  12. Chondroscaphe plicata(D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Dressler - Peru
  13. Chondroscaphe venezuelanaPupulin & Dressler - Venezuela
  14. Chondroscaphe yamilethaePupulin - Costa Rica

References

  1. ↑ Polycycnis lepida Linden & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 1038 (1869).
  2. 1 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.


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