Leptotes (Orchidaceae)

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

L. beatricis – L. bicolor – L. bohnkiana – L. harryphillipsii – L. mogyensis – L. pauloensis – L. pohlitinocoi – L. tenuis – L. unicolor – L. vellozicola

Leptotes Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1625 (plate) (1833).

• Type species: Leptotes bicolor Lindl. (1833).

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

• Lindley, J. (ed.) 1833–1834. Edwards's Botanical Register 19: tt. 1565–1652. James Ridgeway, London. BHL Reference page. 

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 271 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Leptotes. Accessed: 2024 May 12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Leptotes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Leptotes. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Leptotes).  Leptotes. Accessed: 12 May 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Leptotes. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2024. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Leptotes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2024. Reference page.

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