Lankesterella (Orchidaceae)

Lankesterella gnomus

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 (11)

L. alainii – L. caespitosa – L. ceracifolia – L. glandula – L. gnomus – L. longicollis – L. orthantha – L. parvula – L. pilosa – L. salehi – L. spannageliana

Name

Lankesterella Ames, Schedul. Orchid. 4: 3 (1923)

  • Type species>: Lankesterella costaricensis Ames, Schedul. Orchid. 4: 4. 1923 (a synonym of Lankesterella orthantha (Kraenzl.) Garay, Caldasia 8: 521 (1962))

Synonymy

  • Heterotypic
    • Cladobium Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 431 (1920), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica.
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic.
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • 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

  • Ames, O. 1923. Additions to the orchid flora of Central America with observations on noteworthy species. Schedulae Orchidianae 4: 1–60. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 217 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  • Salazar, G.A. & Dressler, R.L. 2011. The leaves got it right again: DNA phylogenetics supports a sister-group relationship between Eurostlyes and Lankesterella (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae), Lankesteriana 11(3): 337—347.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Ланкестерелла

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