Cyrtopodium

Cyrtopodium
Cyrtopodium cristatum inflorescence with a caterpillar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Cyrtopodiinae Benth.
Genus:	Cyrtopodium R.Br.
Type species
Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lamb. ex Andrews) R. Br.
Synonyms[1]
Tylochilus Nees

Cyrtopodium, often abbreviated Cyrt in horticulture, is a genus of more than 40 species of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids found from Florida and Mexico through Argentina.^[1] Cyrtopodium is the only genus in the monotypic subtribe Cyrtopodiinae.^[2]

The type species is C. andersonii, originally described in 1812 by A.B. Lambert as Cymbidium andersonii, and in 1813 used by Robert Brown to erect his new genus Cyrtopodium.^[3]

List of species

Fruiting stand of Cyrtopodium andersonii

Cyrtopodium parviflorum flower

Cyrtopodium brunneum

1. Cyrtopodium aliciae L.Linden & Rolfe
2. Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lamb. ex Andrews) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
3. Cyrtopodium blanchetii Rchb.f.
4. Cyrtopodium braemii L.C.Menezes
5. Cyrtopodium brandonianum Barb.Rodr.
6. Cyrtopodium brunneum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
7. Cyrtopodium cachimboense L.C.Menezes
8. Cyrtopodium caiapoense L.C.Menezes
9. Cyrtopodium cipoense L.C.Menezes
10. Cyrtopodium confusum L.C.Menezes, 2008
11. Cyrtopodium cristatum Lindl.
12. Cyrtopodium dusenii Schltr.
13. Cyrtopodium eugenii Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
14. Cyrtopodium flavum (Nees) Link & Otto ex Rchb.
15. Cyrtopodium fowliei L.C.Menezes
16. Cyrtopodium gigas (Vell.) Hoehne
17. Cyrtopodium glutiniferum Raddi
18. Cyrtopodium graniticum G.A.Romero & Carnevali
19. Cyrtopodium hatschbachii Pabst
20. Cyrtopodium holstii L.C.Menezes
21. Cyrtopodium × intermedium Brade (C. gigas × C. glutiniferum)
22. Cyrtopodium josephense Barb.Rodr.
23. Cyrtopodium kleinii J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
24. Cyrtopodium lamellaticallosum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
25. Cyrtopodium latifolium Bianch. & J.A.N.Bat.
26. Cyrtopodium linearifolium J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
27. Cyrtopodium lissochiloides Hoehne & Schltr.
28. Cyrtopodium longibulbosum Dodson & G.A.Romero
29. Cyrtopodium macedoi J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
30. Cyrtopodium macrobulbum (Lex.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali
31. Cyrtopodium minutum L.C.Menezes
32. Cyrtopodium naiguatae Schltr.
33. Cyrtopodium pallidum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
34. Cyrtopodium palmifrons Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
35. Cyrtopodium paludicola Hoehne
36. Cyrtopodium paniculatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay
37. Cyrtopodium parviflorum Lindl.
38. Cyrtopodium pflanzii Schltr.
39. Cyrtopodium poecilum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
40. Cyrtopodium punctatum (L.) Lindl.
41. Cyrtopodium saintlegerianum Rchb.f.
42. Cyrtopodium schargellii G.A.Romero, Aymard & Carnevali
43. Cyrtopodium triste Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
44. Cyrtopodium vernum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
45. Cyrtopodium virescens Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
46. Cyrtopodium willmorei Knowles & Westc.
47. Cyrtopodium witeckii L.C.Menezes, 2009
48. Cyrtopodium withneri L.C.Menezes

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2009). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 5. Oxford Univ. Press.
3. Brown, Robert, in Aiton, William Townsend. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 216.

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