Leptotes (orchid)

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Leptotes
Leptotes bicolor
Leptotes bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Alliance: Leptotes
Genus: Leptotes
Lindl. 1833
Type species
Leptotes bicolor
Lindl., 1833
Species

See text.

Leptotes, abbreviated Lpt in horticultural trade, is a genus of small sticklike orchids with tube-like leaves. The genus has 7 species, distributed in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.


[edit] Species of Leptotes

  • Leptotes bicolor Lindl. 1833
    • Synonym: Leptotes serrulata Lindl. 1838), Leptotes glaucophylla Hoffmanns. 1843
      • Leptotes bicolor f. albescens
  • Leptotes harryphillipsii Christenson 2004
  • Leptotes mogyensis Krackow. ex Christenson 2004
  • Leptotes pauloensis Hoehne 1934
  • Leptotes pohlitinocoi V.P. Castro & Chiron 2004
  • Leptotes tenuis Rchb. f. 1865
    • Synonym: Leptotes minuta (Rolfe) Rolfe 1889
  • Leptotes unicolor Barb.Rodr. 1877
    • Synonym: Leptotes paranoensis Barb.Rodr. 1881
      • Leptotes unicolor f. alba
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