Cyrtopodium, often abbreviated Cyrt in horticulture, is a genus of more than 40 species of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids found from Florida and Mexico through Argentina.[1] Cyrtopodium is the only genus in the monotypic subtribe Cyrtopodiinae.[2]
Cyrtopodium | |
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Cyrtopodium cristatum inflorescence with a caterpillar | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
Subtribe: | Cyrtopodiinae Benth. |
Genus: | Cyrtopodium R.Br. |
Type species | |
Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lamb. ex Andrews) R. Br.
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Synonyms[1] | |
Tylochilus Nees |
The type species is C. andersonii, originally described in 1812 by A.B. Lambert as Cymbidium andersonii, and in 1813 used by Robert Brown to erect his new genus Cyrtopodium.[3]
List of species
edit- Cyrtopodium aliciae L.Linden & Rolfe
- Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lamb. ex Andrews) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
- Cyrtopodium blanchetii Rchb.f.
- Cyrtopodium braemii L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium brandonianum Barb.Rodr.
- Cyrtopodium brunneum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium cachimboense L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium caiapoense L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium cipoense L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium confusum L.C.Menezes, 2008
- Cyrtopodium cristatum Lindl.
- Cyrtopodium dusenii Schltr.
- Cyrtopodium eugenii Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium flavum (Nees) Link & Otto ex Rchb.
- Cyrtopodium fowliei L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium gigas (Vell.) Hoehne
- Cyrtopodium glutiniferum Raddi
- Cyrtopodium graniticum G.A.Romero & Carnevali
- Cyrtopodium hatschbachii Pabst
- Cyrtopodium holstii L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium × intermedium Brade (C. gigas × C. glutiniferum)
- Cyrtopodium josephense Barb.Rodr.
- Cyrtopodium kleinii J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium lamellaticallosum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium latifolium Bianch. & J.A.N.Bat.
- Cyrtopodium linearifolium J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium lissochiloides Hoehne & Schltr.
- Cyrtopodium longibulbosum Dodson & G.A.Romero
- Cyrtopodium macedoi J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
- Cyrtopodium macrobulbum (Lex.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali
- Cyrtopodium minutum L.C.Menezes
- Cyrtopodium naiguatae Schltr.
- Cyrtopodium pallidum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium palmifrons Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium paludicola Hoehne
- Cyrtopodium paniculatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay
- Cyrtopodium parviflorum Lindl.
- Cyrtopodium pflanzii Schltr.
- Cyrtopodium poecilum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium punctatum (L.) Lindl.
- Cyrtopodium saintlegerianum Rchb.f.
- Cyrtopodium schargellii G.A.Romero, Aymard & Carnevali
- Cyrtopodium triste Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium vernum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium virescens Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
- Cyrtopodium willmorei Knowles & Westc.
- Cyrtopodium witeckii L.C.Menezes, 2009
- Cyrtopodium withneri L.C.Menezes
- Names brought to synonymy
- Cyrtopodium elegans, a synonym for Tetramicra canaliculata
References
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- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2009). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 5. Oxford Univ. Press.
- ^ Brown, Robert, in Aiton, William Townsend. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 216.