Lepanthopsis
Lepanthopsis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Epidendreae |
Subtribe: | Pleurothallidinae |
Genus: | Lepanthopsis (Cogn.) Ames |
Synonyms[1] | |
Expedicula Luer |
Lepanthopsis, abbreviated as Lpths in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids with about 43 currently known species. They are distributed mostly in the Andes and the Caribbean, with some species in Central America, southern Mexico and Florida.[1][2] Lepanthopsis orchids are very small, often with flowers measuring less than 1 centimeter across.[3]
Species[]
Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]
- Luer & Hirtz
- Luer
- Ames
- (Rchb.f.) Ames
- (Garay & Dunst.) Luer
- Dod
- (Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.) Garay
- Dod
- (Cogn.) Garay
- Dod ex Luer
- Luer
- (Cogn.) Garay
- Dod
- Luer
- (Barb.Rodr.) Ames
- Luer & R.Escobar
- Garay
- (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
- (Rchb.f.) Ames
- Dod
- Luer
- (Mansf.) Garay
- Dod
- Lepanthopsis melanantha (Rchb.f.) Ames
- Dod
- (Griseb.) Ames
- Dod
- (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Luer
- Dod
- (Schltr.) Garay
- Luer & R.Escobar
- Garay
- Garay & Dunst.
- Dod ex Luer
- C.Schweinf.
- Luer
- (Cogn.) Hespenh. & Garay
- Dod
- Foldats
- Luer
- R.C.Mota, F.Barros & Stehmann
- C.Schweinf.
- Dod ex Luer
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 615, Lepanthopsis (Cogniaux) Ames, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1(9): 3. 1933.
- ^ Luer, C. A. 1991. Systematics of the genus Lepanthopsis (Orchidaceae). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 39: 1–78.
External links[]
Media related to Lepanthopsis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Lepanthopsis at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Pleurothallidinae genera
- Pleurothallidinae