Ixyophora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has 5 known species, all native to South America.[1][2]

  1. Ixyophora aurantiaca (Senghas & G.Gerlach) Dressler - Peru
  2. Ixyophora carinata (P.Ortiz) Dressler - Colombia
  3. Ixyophora fosterae (Dodson) P.A.Harding - Bolivia
  4. Ixyophora luerorum (R.Vásquez & Dodson) P.A.Harding - Bolivia
  5. Ixyophora viridisepala (Senghas) Dressler - Ecuador
Ixyophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Ixyophora
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  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Dressler, Robert Louis. 2005. Lankesteriana : la revista cientifica del Jardin Botanico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica 5(2): 95
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart