Spilotantha

This article appears to contradict the article Teagueia. Please see discussion on the linked talk page. (December 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Spilotantha
Spilotantha ferrusii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Pleurothallidinae
Genus:	Spilotantha Luer
Species
About 35, see text
Synonyms
Masdevallia (Amanda) sect. Amandae

Spilotantha is a genus proposed by Carlyle Luer; however, the genus lacks a clear synapomorphy and it is equivalent to Masdevallia subgenus , section Amandae.^[1]

Morphology[]

• large or small plants the ramicauls are shorter than the coriaceous leaves
• an erect raceme with keeled or crested ovaries usually possessing inflated floral bracts
• species exhibit a series of simultaneously blooming flowers borne by a peduncle with a round cross-section
• sepals are usually long-tailed and variously connected into a shallow cup or arching cylindrical tube
• petals are callous on the lower half and are often denticulate along the margins
• the lip is usually divided by marginal folds

Species[]

• (Rchb.f.) Luer
• (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer
• (Rehb.f. & Warsz.) Luer
• (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Spilotantha bulbophyllopsis (Kraenzl.) Luer
• (Rchb.f.) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Schltr.) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Schltr.) Luer
• (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Rchb.f.) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Rchb.f.) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Rchb.f.) Luer
• (Rchb.f.) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Königer) Luer
• (Luer & Andreetta) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• (Luer & Andreetta) Luer
• (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• (Luer) Luer
• (Rchb.f.) Luer
• (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer
• (Rchb.f.) Luer
• (Luer & Malo) Luer

References[]

• Missouri Botanical Garden w³ TROPICOS

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spilotantha.

This Epidendreae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t