Polycycnis

Polycycnis
Polycycnis lepida
1869 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Polycycnis
Rchb. f.
Type species
Polycycnis muscifera
(Lindl.) Rchb. f.
Synonyms[2]

Polycycnopsis Szlach.

Polycycnis, abbreviated in horticultural trade as Pcn, is a genus of orchid, comprising 17 species found in Central America, and northern South America.[2][3][4][5]

  1. Polycycnis acutiloba Schltr. - Colombia
  2. Polycycnis annectans Dressler - Ecuador
  3. Polycycnis aurita Dressler - Ecuador, Colombia
  4. Polycycnis barbata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras
  5. Polycycnis blancoi G.Gerlach - Costa Rica
  6. Polycycnis escobariana G.Gerlach - Colombia
  7. Polycycnis gratiosa Endrés & Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica
  8. Polycycnis grayi Dodson - Ecuador
  9. Polycycnis lehmannii Rolfe - Colombia
  10. Polycycnis lepida Linden & Rchb.f. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
  11. Polycycnis muscifera (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
  12. Polycycnis pfisteri Senghas, Tagges & G.Gerlach - Colombia
  13. Polycycnis silvana F.Barros - Bahia
  14. Polycycnis surinamensis C.Schweinf - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Suriname, Guyana
  15. Polycycnis tortuosa Dressler - Panama
  16. Polycycnis trullifera D.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
  17. Polycycnis villegasiana G.Gerlach - Colombia

References

  1. ↑ Polycycnis lepida Linden & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1869: 1038 (1869).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ 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.
  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. ↑ Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
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