''Pescatoria'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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. It is native to
Costa Rica
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,
Panama
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, and northern
South America
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.
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Species
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are accepted as of May 2014:Pescatoria ecuadorana
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#''Pescatoria backho ...
'' (Dodson) Dressler - Ecuador
#'' Pescatoria fimbriata'' Regel - Colombia
#''Pescatoria × gairiana
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' Rchb.f. - Ecuador ''(P. klabochorum'' × ''P. lawrenceana)''
#'' Pescatoria hemixantha'' (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Roraima, Guyana, Venezuela, possibly Suriname
#'' Pescatoria hirtzii'' (Waldv.) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
#'' Pescatoria klabochorum'' Rchb.f. - Ecuador
#''Pescatoria lalindei
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria back ...
'' (Rchb.f.) Dressler ex P.A.Harding - Colombia
#''Pescatoria lamellosa
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria back ...
'' Rchb.f. - Colombia
#''Pescatoria lawrenceana
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
#''Pescatoria lehmannii
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' Rchb.f. - Ecuador
#''Pescatoria × pallens
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' (Rchb.f.) P.A.Harding - Colombia
#''Pescatoria pulvinaris
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Colombia
#''Pescatoria russeliana
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' Rchb.f. - Colombia
#''Pescatoria schroederiana
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' (Sander) Rolfe - Colombia
#''Pescatoria triumphans
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' Rchb.f. & Warsz. - Colombia
#''Pescatoria violacea
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' (Lindl.) Dressler - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, northern Brazil
#''Pescatoria wallisii
''Pescatoria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:
#'' Pescatoria backh ...
'' Linden & Rchb.f. - Ecuador
#'' Pescatoria whitei'' (Rolfe) Dressler - Colombia
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
* (2009) Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 521 ff. Oxford University Press.
* 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links
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Zygopetalinae
Zygopetalinae genera
Orchids of Central America
Orchids of South America
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