Cuitlauzina

Cuitlauzina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Cuitlauzina Lex. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza
Synonyms[1]
Dignathe Lindl. Lichterveldia Lem. Palumbina Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers Osmoglossum Schltr.

Cuitlauzina is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 8 recognized species, native to Mexico, Central America and Colombia.^[1]

1. Cuitlauzina candida (Lindl.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Chiapas, Guatemala
2. Cuitlauzina convallarioides (Schltr.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Chiapas, Guatemala, Costa Rica
3. Cuitlauzina dubia (S.Rosillo) Yañez & Soto Arenas ex Solano - Oaxaca
4. Cuitlauzina egertonii (Lindl.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - from Chiapas to Colombia
5. Cuitlauzina pandurata (Garay) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams - Ecuador
6. Cuitlauzina pendula Lex. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza - Mexico
7. Cuitlauzina pulchella (Bateman ex Lindl.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
8. Cuitlauzina pygmaea (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams - Hidalgo

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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