''Sarcoglottis'' is a

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s from the orchid family,

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. It is widespread across much of

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from

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, with one species extending northward into

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and the

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accepted the following species: *'' Sarcoglottis acaulis'' (Sm.) Schltr. – from Grenada and Trinidad to Bolivia *'' Sarcoglottis acutata'' (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Garay – Minas Gerais *'' Sarcoglottis alexandri'' Schltr. ex Mansf. – São Paulo, Paraná *'' Sarcoglottis amazonica'' Pabst – Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana *'' Sarcoglottis assurgens'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr . – Chiapas, Oaxaca, Campeche, Yucatán, Guatemala *'' Sarcoglottis biflora'' (Vell.) Schltr. – Brazil *'' Sarcoglottis calcicola'' Bogarín & Pupulin *''

Sarcoglottis catharinensis ''Sarcoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.Carnevali, G. ...

'' Mancinelli & E.C.Smidt *'' Sarcoglottis cerina'' (Lindl.) P.N.Don in J.Donn – Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador *'' Sarcoglottis curvisepala'' Szlach. & Rutk. – Bahia, Minas Gerais *'' Sarcoglottis degranvillei'' Szlach. & Veyret – French Guiana *'' Sarcoglottis depinctrix'' Christenson & Toscano – Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro *'' Sarcoglottis fasciculata'' (Vell.) Schltr. – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay *'' Sarcoglottis glaucescens'' Schltr. – Rio Grande do Sul *''

Sarcoglottis gonzalezii ''Sarcoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.Carnevali, G. ...

'' L.C.Menezes – Minas Gerais *''

Sarcoglottis grandiflora ''Sarcoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.Carnevali, G. ...

'' (Hook.) Klotzsch – widespread across much of South America *''

Sarcoglottis heringeri ''Sarcoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.Carnevali, G. ...

'' Pabst – Brasília *''

Sarcoglottis herzogii ''Sarcoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.Carnevali, G. ...

'' Schltr. – Bolivia *''

Sarcoglottis homalogastra ''Sarcoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.Carnevali, G. ...

'' (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. – Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina *''

Sarcoglottis hunteriana ''Sarcoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.Carnevali, G. ...

'' Schltr. *''

Sarcoglottis itararensis ''Sarcoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.Carnevali, G. ...

'' (Kraenzl.) Hoehne – Paraná *'' Sarcoglottis juergensii'' Schltr. – Minas Gerais *'' Sarcoglottis labiosa'' Sambin & Aucourd *'' Sarcoglottis lehmannii'' Garay – Colombia *'' Sarcoglottis lobata'' (Lindl.) P.N.Don in J.Donn – Hidalgo *'' Sarcoglottis maasorum'' Pabst *'' Sarcoglottis magdalenensis'' (Brade & Pabst) Pabst – Brazil, Argentina *'' Sarcoglottis maroaensis'' G.A.Romero & Carnevali – Venezuela *'' Sarcoglottis matogrossensis'' Engels & E.C.Smidt *'' Sarcoglottis metallica'' (Rolfe) Schltr. – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana *'' Sarcoglottis micrantha'' Christenson – Peru *'' Sarcoglottis neglecta'' Christenson – Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica *'' Sarcoglottis neillii'' Salazar & Tobar *'' Sarcoglottis pauciflora'' (Kuntze) Schltr. – central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras *'' Sarcoglottis portillae'' Christenson – Ecuador *'' Sarcoglottis powellii'' Schltr. *'' Sarcoglottis pseudovillosa'' Mytnik, Rutk. & Szlach. – Paraguay *'' Sarcoglottis retorta'' Sambin & Aucourd *'' Sarcoglottis riocontensis'' E.C.Smidt & Toscano – Bahia *'' Sarcoglottis rosulata'' (Lindl.) P.N.Don in J.Donn – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Oaxaca *'' Sarcoglottis sceptrodes'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr – from central Mexico south to Panama *'' Sarcoglottis schaffneri'' (Rchb.f.) Ames in J.D.Smith – from central Mexico south to Honduras *'' Sarcoglottis schwackei'' (Cogn.) Schltr. – Brazil *'' Sarcoglottis scintillans'' (E.W.Greenw.) Salazar & Soto Arenas – Oaxaca *'' Sarcoglottis smithii'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr. – Nicaragua, Costa Rica *'' Sarcoglottis stergiosii'' Carnevali & I.Ramírez – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana *'' Sarcoglottis tirolensis'' Burns–Bal. & Merc.S.Foster – Paraguay *'' Sarcoglottis turkeliae'' Christenson – Ecuador *'' Sarcoglottis uliginosa'' Barb.Rodr. – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay *'' Sarcoglottis umbrosa'' (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. – Brazil *'' Sarcoglottis ventricosa'' (Vell.) Hoehne – Brazil, Argentina *'' Sarcoglottis veyretiae'' Szlach. – Rio de Janeiro *'' Sarcoglottis villosa'' (Poepp. & Endl.) Schltr. – Brazil, Peru *'' Sarcoglottis viscosa'' Szlach. & Rutk. – Brazil *'' Sarcoglottis woodsonii'' (L.O.Williams) Garay – Panama

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q137051 Cranichideae genera Spiranthinae

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