Eurystyles

Eurystyles cotyledon (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Spiranthinae
Genus:

Overview of species (21)

E. actinosophila – E. alticola – E. ananassocomos – E. auriculata – E. barrerorum – E. christensonii – E. cogniauxii – E. colombiana – E. cornu-bovis – E. cotyledon – E. crocodilus – E. domingensis – E. gardneri – E. guentheriana – E. hoehnei – E. lobata – E. lorenzii – E. ochyrana – E. rutkowskiana – E. splendissima – E. standleyi

Name

Eurystyles Wawra, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 13(7): 223, t. 7. 1863.

Synonymy

  • Heterotypic
    • Trachelosiphon Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 423 (1920)
    • Pseudoeurystyles Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1: 129 (1944)
    • Synanthes Burns-Bal., H.Rob. & Merc.S.Foster, Brittonia 37: 158 (1985)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South.
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Salazar, G.A. & Dressler, R.L. (2011) The leaves got it right again: DNA phylogenetics supports a sister-group relationship between Eurostyles and Lankesterella (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae), Lankesteriana, 11(3): 337—347.

Vernacular names

English: Custard orchid
кырык мары: Эуристилес

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