Telipogon

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Telipogon
Telipogon papilio Orchi 4-2011.jpg
Telipogon papilio
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Telipogon
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Synonyms [1]
  • DarwiniellaBraas & Lückel
  • StellilabiumSchltr.
  • DipterosteleSchltr.
  • SodiroellaSchltr.
  • CordantheraL.O.Williams
  • AstroglossusRchb.f. ex Benth. & Hook.f., illegitimate
  • DarwiniellaBraas & Lückel, illegitimate
  • DarwinieraBraas & Lückel
  • TelopogonSpreng 1817
  • ThelypogonMutis ex Spreng 1826

Telipogon is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a large genus with dozens of species, native to South America, Central America, Hispaniola and southern Mexico. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Telipogon". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 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.