Ligeophila

Ligeophila
Ligeophila stigmatoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Goodyerinae
Genus:	Ligeophila Garay

Ligeophila is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.^[1]

1. Garay - Venezuela
2. (Cogn.) Garay - Brazil
3. (Rchb.f.) Garay - from southern Mexico to central Brazil
4. Ormerod & G.A.Romero - Venezuela
5. Garay - Colombia, Ecuador
6. (Hoehne) Garay - from Venezuela and Suriname south to Argentina
7. Garay - Ecuador
8. Ormerod - Colombia
9. (Lindl.) Garay - from Colombia south to Argentina
10. (Rchb.f.) Garay - Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil BZN
11. Garay - - Colombia, Brazil, Peru
12. Ormerod - Venezuela

See also[]

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References[]

• Garay, L.A. (1977) Bradea, Boletim do Herbarium Bradeanum 2(28): 194–196, f. 1C, 2A.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 114 ff. Oxford University Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links[]

• Media related to Ligeophila at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Ligeophila at Wikispecies

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