''Pescatoria'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
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 native to
Costa Rica,
Panama
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, and northern
South America
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.
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Species
The following species and nothospecies are accepted as of May 2014:Pescatoria dormaniana
''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 ...
'' Rchb.f. - Colombia
#'' Pescatoria ecuadorana'' (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 bac ...
'' 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'' (Rchb.f.) Dressler ex P.A.Harding - Colombia
#'' Pescatoria lamellosa'' Rchb.f. - Colombia
#'' Pescatoria lawrenceana'' (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Colombia, Ecuador
#'' Pescatoria lehmannii'' Rchb.f. - Ecuador
#'' Pescatoria × pallens'' (Rchb.f.) P.A.Harding - Colombia
#'' Pescatoria pulvinaris'' (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Colombia
#'' Pescatoria russeliana'' Rchb.f. - Colombia
#'' Pescatoria schroederiana'' (Sander) Rolfe - Colombia
#'' Pescatoria triumphans'' Rchb.f. & Warsz. - Colombia
#'' Pescatoria violacea'' (Lindl.) Dressler - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, northern Brazil
#'' Pescatoria wallisii'' Linden & Rchb.f. - Ecuador
#''Pescatoria whitei
''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 ...
'' (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'' whic ...
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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