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
Cyrtopodium cristatum inflorescence with a caterpillar
Scientific classification Edit this 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.
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

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Fruiting stand of Cyrtopodium andersonii
 
Cyrtopodium parviflorum flower
 
Cyrtopodium brunneum
  1. Cyrtopodium aliciae L.Linden & Rolfe
  2. Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lamb. ex Andrews) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
  3. Cyrtopodium blanchetii Rchb.f.
  4. Cyrtopodium braemii L.C.Menezes
  5. Cyrtopodium brandonianum Barb.Rodr.
  6. Cyrtopodium brunneum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
  7. Cyrtopodium cachimboense L.C.Menezes
  8. Cyrtopodium caiapoense L.C.Menezes
  9. Cyrtopodium cipoense L.C.Menezes
  10. Cyrtopodium confusum L.C.Menezes, 2008
  11. Cyrtopodium cristatum Lindl.
  12. Cyrtopodium dusenii Schltr.
  13. Cyrtopodium eugenii Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
  14. Cyrtopodium flavum (Nees) Link & Otto ex Rchb.
  15. Cyrtopodium fowliei L.C.Menezes
  16. Cyrtopodium gigas (Vell.) Hoehne
  17. Cyrtopodium glutiniferum Raddi
  18. Cyrtopodium graniticum G.A.Romero & Carnevali
  19. Cyrtopodium hatschbachii Pabst
  20. Cyrtopodium holstii L.C.Menezes
  21. Cyrtopodium × intermedium Brade (C. gigas × C. glutiniferum)
  22. Cyrtopodium josephense Barb.Rodr.
  23. Cyrtopodium kleinii J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
  24. Cyrtopodium lamellaticallosum J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
  25. Cyrtopodium latifolium Bianch. & J.A.N.Bat.
  26. Cyrtopodium linearifolium J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
  27. Cyrtopodium lissochiloides Hoehne & Schltr.
  28. Cyrtopodium longibulbosum Dodson & G.A.Romero
  29. Cyrtopodium macedoi J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch.
  30. Cyrtopodium macrobulbum (Lex.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali
  31. Cyrtopodium minutum L.C.Menezes
  32. Cyrtopodium naiguatae Schltr.
  33. Cyrtopodium pallidum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
  34. Cyrtopodium palmifrons Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
  35. Cyrtopodium paludicola Hoehne
  36. Cyrtopodium paniculatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay
  37. Cyrtopodium parviflorum Lindl.
  38. Cyrtopodium pflanzii Schltr.
  39. Cyrtopodium poecilum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
  40. Cyrtopodium punctatum (L.) Lindl.
  41. Cyrtopodium saintlegerianum Rchb.f.
  42. Cyrtopodium schargellii G.A.Romero, Aymard & Carnevali
  43. Cyrtopodium triste Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
  44. Cyrtopodium vernum Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
  45. Cyrtopodium virescens Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach
  46. Cyrtopodium willmorei Knowles & Westc.
  47. Cyrtopodium witeckii L.C.Menezes, 2009
  48. Cyrtopodium withneri L.C.Menezes
Names brought to synonymy

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2009). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 5. Oxford Univ. Press.
  3. ^ 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.