Heterotaxis

Heterotaxis
Heterotaxis sessilis
syn. (Heterotaxis crassifolia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Maxillariinae
Genus: Heterotaxis
Lindl.
Type species
Heterotaxis crassifolia
Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dicrypta Lindl.
  • Marsupiaria Hoehne

Heterotaxis is a genus of orchids native to Latin America from central Mexico to Bolivia, and also to parts of the West Indies.[1][2][2][3][4][5] One species extends into Florida (H. sessilis, listed under synonym Maxillaria crassifolia[6][7] in Flora of North America).

  1. Heterotaxis brasiliensis (Brieger & Illg) F.Barros - Brazil
  2. Heterotaxis discolor (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Belize, Nicaragua, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
  3. Heterotaxis equitans (Schltr.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
  4. Heterotaxis fritzii Ojeda & Carnevali - Ecuador
  5. Heterotaxis maleolens (Schltr.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Chiapas, Central America
  6. Heterotaxis microiridifolia (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Ojeda & Carnevali - Peru
  7. Heterotaxis santanae (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) Ojeda & Carnevali - Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela
  8. Heterotaxis schultesii Ojeda & G.A.Romero - Brazil, Colombia
  9. Heterotaxis sessilis (Sw.) F.Barros - widespread from Veracruz and Florida south to Brazil
  10. Heterotaxis superflua (Rchb.f.) F.Barros - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
  11. Heterotaxis valenzuelana (A.Rich.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Central America, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
  12. Heterotaxis villosa (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia
  13. Heterotaxis violaceopunctata (Rchb.f.) F.Barros - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, genus Heterotaxis
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. ↑ Christenson, E.A., Harding, P.A., McIllmurray, M. & Blanco, M. (2013). Maxillaria An Unfinished Monograph 1-2: 1-936. Patricia Ann Harding for Robert Christenson, Lebanon, OR.
  4. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. ↑ Blanco, M.A., G. Carnevali, W.M. Whitten, R.B. Singer, S. Koehler, N.H. Williams, I. Ojeda, K.M. Neubig & L. Endara. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillariinae (Orchidaceae). Lankesteriana 7(3): 515–537.
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, v 26 p 645, Maxillaria crassifolia (Lindley) Reichenbach f., Bonplandia (Hanover). 2: 16. 1854.
  7. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, synonymy for Heterotaxis sessilis

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