Discyphus

Discyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Spiranthinae
Genus: Discyphus
Schltr.
Species: D. scopulariae
Binomial name
Discyphus scopulariae
(Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dikylikostigma Kraenzl.
  • Spiranthes scopulariae Rchb.f.
  • Gyrostachys scopulariae (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
  • Dikylikostigma preussii Kraenzl.

Discyphus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one currently recognized species, Discyphus scopulariae, with two accepted varieties:[1][2][3][4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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
  3. Christenson, E. A. 1991. Mesoamerican orchid studies I: Orchids of Panama. Lindleyana 6(1): 42–48.
  4. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584

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