Mapinguari (orchid)

Mapinguari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Maxillariinae
Genus: Mapinguari
Carnevali & R.B.Singer

Mapinguari is a genus of orchids native to Central America and northern South America.[1][2]

  1. Mapinguari auyantepuiensis (Foldats) Carnevali & R.B.Singer - Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
  2. Mapinguari desvauxianus (Rchb.f.) Carnevali & R.B.Singer - The Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  3. Mapinguari foldatsianus (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) Carnevali & R.B.Singer - Guyana, Venezuela
  4. Mapinguari longipetiolatus (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Carnevali & R.B.Singer - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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.
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