Plectrophora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[2] It is native to Central and South America.[1][3][4]

Plectrophora
Plectophora iridifolia
Plectrophora cultrifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Plectrophora
H.Focke
Type species
Plectrophora iridifolia
(Lodd. ex Lindl.) H.Focke
Synonyms[1]

Jansenia Barb.Rodr.

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  1. Plectrophora alata (Rolfe) Garay - Chiapas, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
  2. Plectrophora calcarhamata Hoehne - Matto Grosso
  3. Plectrophora cultrifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - French Guinea, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  4. Plectrophora edwallii Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Goiás
  5. Plectrophora iridifolia (Lodd. ex Lindl.) H.Focke - the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil
  6. Plectrophora schmidtii Jenny & Pupulin - Matto Grosso
  7. Plectrophora suarezii Dodson & M.W.Chase - Ecuador
  8. Plectrophora triquetra (Rolfe) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Ecuador, Peru
  9. Plectrophora tucanderana Dodson & R.Vásquez - Bolivia
  10. Plectrophora zarumensis Dodson & P.M.Dodson - Ecuador

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Focke, Hendrik Charles. 1848. Tijdschrift voor de Wisen Natuurkundige Wetenschappen 1: 212
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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