Sievekingia is a genus of orchid, comprising 20 species found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia.[2][3][4][5][6]
| Sievekingia | |
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| Sievekingia reichenbachiana 1898 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Stanhopeinae |
| Genus: | Sievekingia Rchb. f. (1871) |
| Type species | |
| Sievekingia suavis Rchb. f. (1871)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Gorgoglossum F. Lehm. | |
The following species are recognized as of June 2014:[2]
- Sievekingia butcheri Dressler - Panama
- Sievekingia colombiana Garay - Colombia, Ecuador
- Sievekingia cristata Garay - Ecuador
- Sievekingia dunstervilleorum Foldats - Venezuela
- Sievekingia filifera Dressler - Colombia
- Sievekingia fimbriata Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica
- Sievekingia herklotziana Jenny - Colombia
- Sievekingia herrenhusana Jenny - Ecuador
- Sievekingia hirtzii Waldv. - Ecuador
- Sievekingia jenmanii Rchb.f. - Venezuela, the Guianas
- Sievekingia marsupialis Dodson - Colombia, Ecuador
- Sievekingia peruviana Rolfe ex C.Schweinf. - Peru
- Sievekingia reichenbachiana Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
- Sievekingia rhonhofiae Mansf. - Ecuador
- Sievekingia suavis Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia
- Sievekingia trollii Mansf. - Bolivia
References edit
- ^ M. S. del. ( = Matilda Smith, 1854-1926), J. N. Fitch lith. ( = John Nugent Fitch, 1840–1927) Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911) - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol 124
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- ^ Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
- ^ Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
- ^ 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.
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