Dichromanthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. As currently delimited, it is monophyletic and includes four species:[1]
- Dichromanthus aurantiacus (Lex.) Salazar & Soto Arenas - much of Mexico, south to Honduras
- Dichromanthus cinnabarinus (Lex.) Garay - from Texas to Guatemala
- Dichromanthus michuacanus (Lex.) Salazar & Soto Arenas - from Texas and Arizona south to Honduras
- Dichromanthus yucundaa Salazar & García-Mend. - Oaxaca
| Dichromanthus | |
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| Dichromanthus aurantiacus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Cranichideae |
| Subtribe: | Spiranthinae |
| Genus: | Dichromanthus Garay |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cutsis Burns-Bal., E.W.Greenw. & R.González | |
The genus ranges from the southwestern United States (Texas and Arizona) through most Mexican mountain ranges to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Except for the narrow endemic D. yucundaa, restricted to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, all other species are widespread and locally common.[1][2][3][4]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 525
- ^ Hágsater, E. & M. Soto. 2003. Orchids of Mexico. Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 5–6: i–xxii, t. 501–t. 700.
- ^ Reyes-García, A. & M. Sousa Sánchez. 1997. Depresión central de Chiapas. La selva baja caducifolia. Listados Florísticos de México 17: 1–41.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 197 ff. Oxford University Press.
- Salazar, G.A. 2003. Subtribe Spiranthinae. Pages 164–278 in A. M. Pridgeon, P. J. Cribb, M. W. Chase and F. N. Rasmussen [eds.]. Genera Orchidacearum vol. 3: Orchidoideae part 2, Vanilloideae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.
- Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart.
- Salazar, G.A. and A. García-Mendoza. 2009. A new species of Dichromanthus (Orchidaceae, Spiranthinae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80 (1): 23–28.
External links
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