Zygostates

For the public weigher of coinage in the Byzantine Empire, see Zygostates (Byzantine official).
Zygostates
Zygostates papillosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Ornithocephalinae
Genus: Zygostates
Lindl.
Species
  • Zygostates alleniana
  • Zygostates apiculata
  • Zygostates aquinoi
  • Zygostates bradei
  • Zygostates chateaubriandii
  • Zygostates comuta
  • Zygostates cornigera
  • Zygostates costaricensis
  • Zygostates dusenianus
  • Zygostates grandiflorus
  • Zygostates greeniana
  • Zygostates kuhlmanni
  • Zygostates leptosepala
  • Zygostates ligulata
  • Zygostates lindmanii
  • Zygostates linearisepala
  • Zygostates lunata
  • Zygostates multiflora
  • Zygostates obliqua
  • Zygostates octavioreisii
  • Zygostates ovatipetala
  • Zygostates papillosa
  • Zygostates paranaensis
  • Zygostates pellucida
  • Zygostates pustulata
  • Zygostates riefenstahliae
  • Zygostates rotundiglossa
Synonyms[1]
  • Dactylostylis Scheidw.
  • Dipteranthus Barb.Rodr.

Zygostates is a genus of orchids widespread across much of South America from Guyana to Argentina.[1]

The word is from the Greek ζυγοστάτης (zygostates, weigher, balance) and refers to the projections from the base of the column which resemble a balance.

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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