Koellensteinia

Koellensteinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Koellensteinia
Rchb.f.

Koellensteinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is named after the Austrian botanist Kellner v. Koellenstein.[1] It contains species native to South America, Belize, Trinidad and Puerto Rico.[2]

  1. Koellensteinia abaetana L.P.Queiroz - Bahia
  2. Koellensteinia altissima Pabst - Bahia, Espírito Santo
  3. Koellensteinia boliviensis (Rolfe ex Rusby) Schltr. - Bolivia
  4. Koellensteinia carraoensis Garay & Dunst. - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname
  5. Koellensteinia eburnea (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. - Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru
  6. Koellensteinia elegantula Schltr. - Colombia
  7. Koellensteinia florida (Rchb.f.) Garay - Rio de Janeiro
  8. Koellensteinia graminea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Puerto Rico, Trinidad, South America as far south as Bolivia
  9. Koellensteinia graminoides D.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
  10. Koellensteinia hyacinthoides Schltr. - Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
  11. Koellensteinia ionoptera Linden & Rchb.f. - Peru, Ecuador
  12. Koellensteinia kellneriana Rchb.f. - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Colombia, Brazil, Guyana
  13. Koellensteinia lilijae Foldats - Venezuela
  14. Koellensteinia lineata (Barb.Rodr.) Garay - Mato Grosso
  15. Koellensteinia roraimae Schltr. - Venezuela (Mount Roraima)
  16. Koellensteinia spiralis Gomes Ferreira & L.C.Menezes - Bahia
  17. Koellensteinia tricolor (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Belize, Guyana, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil


See also

References

  1. Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

External links

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