''Lankesterella'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
. It is found mostly in
South America
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, with a few species extending north into
Cuba
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, the
Dominican Republic
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and
Costa Rica.
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Species
Species currently recognized as of June 2014:
#'' Lankesterella alainii'' Nir - Cuba
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, Dominican Republic
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#'' Lankesterella caespitosa'' (Lindl.) Hoehne - Venezuela, Brazil
#'' Lankesterella ceracifolia'' (Barb.Rodr.) Mansf. - Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
#'' Lankesterella glandula'' Ackerman - Dominican Republic
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#'' Lankesterella gnomus'' (Kraenzl.) Hoehne - Brazil
#'' Lankesterella longicollis'' (Cogn.) Hoehne - Brazil
#'' Lankesterella orthantha'' (Kraenzl.) Garay - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
#'' Lankesterella parvula'' (Kraenzl.) Pabst - Rio de Janeiro
#'' Lankesterella pilosa'' (Cogn.) Hoehne - Rio de Janeiro
#'' Lankesterella salehi'' Pabst - Brazil
#'' Lankesterella spannageliana'' (Hoehne & Brade) Mansf. - Rio de Janeiro
See also
* List of Orchidaceae genera
This is a list of genera in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae), originally according tThe Families of Flowering Plants- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the ''Orchid Research Newsletter'' whi ...
References
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. 217 ff. Oxford Univ. Press
* Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links
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Cranichideae genera
Spiranthinae
Orchids of the Caribbean
Orchids of Central America
Orchids of South America
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