Sarcoglottis

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Sarcoglottis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[2] It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Sarcoglottis
Sarcoglottis speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Spiranthinae
Genus: Sarcoglottis
C.Presl
Synonyms[1]
  • Dothilis Raf.
  • Narica Raf.
  • Potosia (Schltr.) R.González & Szlach. ex Mytnik
  • Synoplectris Raf.
  • Zhukowskia Szlach., R.González & Rutk.

Species edit

As of August 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Sarcoglottis C.Presl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  2. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 246 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany 5(2): 383–466.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ McLeish, I., N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams. 1995. Native Orchids of Belize. 1–278.
  7. ^ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  8. ^ Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326.

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