Isochilus

Isochilus unilateralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Ponerinae
Genus:

Overview of species (14)

I. sochilus – I. alatus – I. aurantiacus – I. bracteatus – I. carnosiflorus – I. chiriquensis – I. langlassei – I. latibracteatus – I. linearis – I. major – I. oaxacanus – I. pitalensis – I. smithii – I. unilateralis

Name

Isochilus R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 209 (1813)

Synonymy

  • Heterotypic
    • Leptothrium Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 340 (1816), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South.
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

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

References

Primary references

  • Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 209.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 426 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

перем коми: Исохилус
коми: Исохилус
кырык мары: Исохилус
удмурт: Исохилус

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