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Pleurothallidinae
The Pleurothallidinae are a neotropical subtribe of plants of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) including 29 genera in more than 4000 species. Naturally occurring species of this subtribe are among the more popular orchids of horticulturalists, especially the genera ''Dracula'', ''Dryadella'', ''Masdevallia'' and ''Restrepia''. The following genera are considered monophyletic : '' Barbosella'' (including '' Barbrodia''), ''Dracula'', '' Dresslerella'', '' Dryadella'', ''Lepanthes'', ''Masdevallia'', '' Platystele'', '' Porroglossum'', ''Restrepia'', '' Scaphosepalum'', ''Trisetella'', and '' Zootrophion''. Many genera in the Pleurothallidinae were found polyphyletic, for example species attributed to the genus ''Pleurothallis ''are scattered across five clades. Genera Genera recognized in Chase et al.'s 2015 classification of orchids: ''Acianthera'' – ''Anathallis'' – '' Andinia'' – '' Barbosella'' – ''Brachionidium'' – ''Chamelophyton'' – ''Dilomilis'' – ''Diodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleurothallis
''Pleurothallis'' is a genus of orchids commonly called bonnet orchids. The genus name is derived from the Greek word , meaning "riblike branches". This refers to the rib-like stems of many species. The genus is often abbreviated as "Pths" in horticultural trade. This was a huge genus, which used to contain more than 1,200 species - the second largest in the Orchidaceae after ''Bulbophyllum''. In 2004, it decreased by more than half when many species were moved into new genera. Distribution ''Pleurothallis'' is a completely New World group, widespread across much of Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. Flora of North America lists one species in Florida ''(P. gelina)'' but this has now been transferred to a different genus, '' Stelis''. The center of diversity of the genus is in the high Andes, especially in the chain of cloud forests in Colombia. ''Pleurothallis'' grows in dry or wet, tropical or temperate climates. Description As a group they show a hug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masdevallia
''Masdevallia'', abbreviated Masd in horticultural trade, is a large genus of flowering plants of the Pleurothallidinae, a subtribe of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). There are over 500 species, grouped into several subgenera. The genus is named for Jose Masdevall (?-1801), a physician and botanist in the court of Charles III of Spain. Range and morphology These plants are found from Mexico to southern Brazil, but mostly in the higher regions (2,500-4,000 m ASL) of the Andes of Ecuador and Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. They may be epiphytes, terrestrials or growing as lithophytes on damp rocks. The plants are characterized by an abbreviated to elongate and creeping rhizome that gives rise to stems that lack pseudobulbs. The stem bears a single, fleshy, erect to pendent, ovate to lanceolate leaf. The flowers are triangular and occur singly or in racemose inflorescences. They are characterized by a showy calyx and reduced corolla. The sepals are fused at the base and frequentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamelophyton
''Chamelophyton'' is a genus of orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...s. , only one species is known, ''Chamelophyton kegelii'', native to Suriname and Venezuela.Luer, C. A. 1986. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–I. Systematics of the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 1–81. References Monotypic Epidendroideae genera Pleurothallidinae genera Pleurothallidinae Orchids of Suriname Orchids of Venezuela {{Epidendreae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracula (plant)
The orchid genus ''Dracula'', abbreviated as Drac in horticultural trade, consists of 118 species native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The name ''Dracula'' literally means "little dragon", an allusion to the mythical Count Dracula, a lead character in numerous vampire novels and films. The name was applied to the orchid because of the blood-red color of several of the species, and the strange aspect of the long spurs of the sepals. The plants were once included in the genus ''Masdevallia'', but became a separate genus in 1978. This genus has been placed in the subtribe Pleurothallidinae. Description They are epiphytic and terrestrial species distributed in Central America and the northwest Andes. Almost half the species are found in Ecuador. They prefer shade and rather cool temperatures. These caespitose orchids grow in tufts from a short rhizome, with a dense pack of stems. They lack pseudobulbs. On each stems grows one large, thin, plicate leaf with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andinia (plant)
''Andinia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering .... Its native range is Western South America to Venezuela. Species: *'' Andinia ariasiana'' *'' Andinia auriculata'' *'' Andinia bifida'' *'' Andinia cardiocheila'' *'' Andinia catella'' *'' Andinia caveroi'' *'' Andinia chaoae'' *'' Andinia chelosepala'' *'' Andinia chilopsis'' *'' Andinia ciliaris'' *'' Andinia composita'' *'' Andinia cordilabia'' *'' Andinia dactyla'' *'' Andinia dalstroemii'' *'' Andinia dentata'' *'' Andinia destituta'' *'' Andinia dielsii'' *'' Andinia erepsis'' *'' Andinia exigua'' *'' Andinia geminipetala'' *'' Andinia hippocrepica'' *'' Andinia hirtzii'' *'' Andinia hystricosa'' *'' Andinia ibex'' *'' And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restrepia
''Restrepia'', abbreviated Rstp in horticultural trade, is a small genus of 50orchids in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), closely related to ''Pleurothallis''. Named in honor of Don Jose Restrepo, it tends to be more showy than most other Pleurothallids. They are found primarily at higher altitudes in the cool, damp montane forests of the Andes and Venezuela, with some into Central America up to southern Mexico.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. Description These tiny epiphytic and rarely lithophytic orchids lack pseudobulbs. The erect, thick, leathery leaf is elliptic-ovate in shape. The aerial roots seem like fine hairs.Luer, C.A. (1996). Icones Pleurothallidinarum XIII - Systematics of Restrepia. Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri; 168 p, 16 color plates, 63 line drawings; The flowers develop one at a time at the base of the leaf. They a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porroglossum
''Porroglossum'' (from Greek "far off" and "tongue", referring to the position of the lip) is a genus of orchids native to the Andes of South America. The center of diversity lies in Ecuador, with many of the species endemic to that country, though others are found in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Bolivia.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. This genus is abbreviated Prgm in horticultural trade. The lip in this genus is unique in the family. It is hinged and has a mechanism that snaps shut when stimulated by a pollinator, thus trapping the insect to ensure that the pollinia A pollinium (plural pollinia) is a coherent mass of pollen grains in a plant that are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination, as a single unit. This is regularly seen in plants such as orchids and many species of mil ... will be removed and later t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platystele
''Platystele'' is a genus of orchids, comprising about 95 species. Most of these have small flowers, some of the smallest in the family. The genus is widespread across Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America as far south as Bolivia, but infrequent in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ....Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Luer, C. A. 1990. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–VII. Systematics of ''Platystele'' (Orchidaceae). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 38: 1–135. Images File:Platystele umbellata Orchi 007.jpg, Platystele umbellata File:Platystele P5313.jpg, Unidentified Platystele File:Platystele P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zootrophion
''Zootrophion'' (abbreviated ''Zo.'') is a genus of 23 known species of orchid, native to Central America, South America and the West Indies. The stems have inflated, flattened sheaths. The flowers bear sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...s that fuse at their tips to form box-like structures that resemble animal's heads, hence the generic name, which means "menagerie". Species References * (1982) Selbyana 7(1): 80. * (2004) Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVI. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 95: 1–265. * (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 420 ff. Oxford University Press. External links * * Pleurothallidinae Orchids of Central America Orchids of North America Orchids of South America Flora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acianthera
''Acianthera'' is a genus of orchids native to the tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere, especially Brazil.de Melo, M. C., Borba, E. L., & Paiva, E. A. S. (2010)Morphological and histological characterization of the osmophores and nectaries of four species of ''Acianthera'' (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae).''Plant Systematics and Evolution'' 286(3-4), 141-51. It was first described in 1842 but was not widely recognized until recently. Most of the species were formerly placed under ''Pleurothallis'' subgenus ''Acianthera''. This splitting is a result of recent DNA sequencing. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted about 300 species within ''Acianthera'': *'' Acianthera aberrans'' (Luer) Pupulin & Bogarín *'' Acianthera aculeata'' (Luer & Hirtz) Luer *'' Acianthera acuminatipetala'' (A.Samp.) Luer *'' Acianthera adamantinensis'' (Brade) F.Barros *'' Acianthera adeodata'' P.Ortiz, O.Pérez & E.Parra *'' Acianthera adirii'' (Brade) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase *'' Acianthera aec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diodonopsis
''Diodonopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering .... Its native range is Costa Rica to Western South America. Species Species: *'' Diodonopsis anachaeta'' *'' Diodonopsis erinacea'' *'' Diodonopsis hoeijeri'' *'' Diodonopsis pterygiophora'' *'' Diodonopsis pygmaea'' *'' Diodonopsis ramiromedinae'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q8560056 Pleurothallidinae Pleurothallidinae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draconanthes
''Draconanthes'' (from Greek, "dragon flower") is a genus of orchids, comprising two species. These have rigid, fleshy sepals and fleshy petals with a thick lip, and are borne on successively flowered racemes. One species is endemic to Ecuador, the other is found through the Andes at high elevations. These two species were previously included in the genus ''Lepanthes ''Lepanthes'' (from Greek "scaled-flower") is a large genus of orchids with about 800–1000 species, distributed in the Antilles and from Mexico through Bolivia (with very few species in Brazil). The genus is abbreviated in horticultural trade a ...''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5304647 Pleurothallidinae Orchids of South America Orchids of Ecuador Pleurothallidinae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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