Koellensteinia

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Koellensteinia
Koellensteinia kellneriana (Orchidaceae).jpg
Koellensteinia kellneriana, Canaima
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Koellensteinia
Rchb.f.
Type species

Rchb.f.

Koellensteinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach for the Captain Carl Kellner von Koellenstein, an Austrian military officer and a botanical correspondent of Reichenbach.[1][2][3]

Distribution and ecology[]

The genus contains about 19 species native to South America, Belize, Trinidad and Puerto Rico.[4] Terrestrial or epiphytic plants found in low to mid elevation, hill and mountain forests.

Characteristics[]

Related to Zygopetalum. Stems short, leafy, usually forming pseudobulbs, 1- to 3-leaved. Leaves petiolate, linear to oblong, narrow, pleated, lightly veined. Inflorescence lateral, erect, slender, branched or unbranched, numerous to few-flowered. Flowers small to medium sized, fragrant, yellow or white, barred magenta, rose or violet and suffused pink on the outside. Sepals and petals subsimilar, free, spreading; lip trilobed with spreading or erect, small side lobes, a larger, broad midlobe that is entire or somewhat bilobed and has a bilobed, erect callus. Column with a conspicuous foot, very short, sometimes winged; pollinia 2 or 4.

Cultivation[]

Require intermediate conditions, moderate shade, and high humidity. The plants can be grown potted in a free-draining bark mixture and should not be allowed to dry out completely for any length of time.

Species[]

  1. L.P.Queiroz - Bahia
  2. Pabst - Bahia, Espírito Santo
  3. (Rolfe ex Rusby) Schltr. - Bolivia
  4. Garay & Dunst. - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname
  5. (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. - Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru
  6. Schltr. - Colombia
  7. (Rchb.f.) Garay - Rio de Janeiro
  8. (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Puerto Rico, Trinidad, South America as far south as Bolivia
  9. D.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
  10. Schltr. - Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
  11. Linden & Rchb.f. - Peru, Ecuador
  12. Rchb.f. - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Colombia, Brazil, Guyana
  13. Foldats - Venezuela
  14. (Barb.Rodr.) Garay - Mato Grosso
  15. Schltr. - Venezuela (Mount Roraima)
  16. Gomes Ferreira & L.C.Menezes - Bahia
  17. (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Belize, Guyana, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. Die Wagener'schen Orchideen. in Bonplandia. 1854. see pages 17-18. [1]
  2. ^ F. Petter. Nekrologisches. in Oesterreichisches botanisches Wochenblatt. volume 2. 1852. page 213 [2]
  3. ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der freiherrlichen Häuser... Volume 18. page 398. [3]
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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