Ornithocephalus is a genus of orchids comprising more than 50 known species widespread in South America, Central America, Southern Mexico, Trinidad and the Windward Islands.[1][2]
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| Ornithocephalus manabina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Oncidiinae |
| Genus: | Ornithocephalus Hook. (1824) |
| Type species | |
| Ornithocephalus gladiatus Hook. (1824)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]
- Ornithocephalus alfredoi Archila & Chiron
- Ornithocephalus archilarum Chiron
- Ornithocephalus aristatus Pupulin & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus aurorae D.E.Benn. & Christenson
- Ornithocephalus bicornis Lindl. in G.Bentham
- Ornithocephalus biloborostratus Salazar & R.González
- Ornithocephalus bonitensis (Dodson) Toscano
- Ornithocephalus brachyceras G.A.Romero & Carnevali
- Ornithocephalus brachystachyus Schltr.
- Ornithocephalus bryostachyus Schltr.
- Ornithocephalus cascajalensis Archila
- Ornithocephalus castelfrancoi Pupulin
- Ornithocephalus caveroi D.E.Benn. & Christenson
- Ornithocephalus ciliatus Lindl.
- Ornithocephalus cochleariformis C.Schweinf.
- Ornithocephalus cryptanthus (C.Schweinf. & P.H.Allen) Toscano & Dressler.
- Ornithocephalus cujeticola Barb.Rodr.
- Ornithocephalus dalstroemii (Dodson) Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus dodsonii R.Vásquez & T.Krömer
- Ornithocephalus dolabratus Rchb.f.
- Ornithocephalus dressleri (Toscano) Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus dunstervillei Toscano & Carnevali
- Ornithocephalus ecuadorensis (Garay) Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus escobarianus (Garay) Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus estradae Dodson
- Ornithocephalus falcatus Focke
- Ornithocephalus garayi (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus gladiatus Hook.
- Ornithocephalus grex-anserinus Dressler & Mora-Ret.
- Ornithocephalus hoppii (Schltr.) Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus inflexus Lindl.
- Ornithocephalus iridifolius Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
- Ornithocephalus kalbreyerianus Kraenzl.
- Ornithocephalus lankesteri Ames
- Ornithocephalus lehmannii Schltr.
- Ornithocephalus longilabris Schltr.
- Ornithocephalus manabina Dodson
- Ornithocephalus micranthus Schltr.
- Ornithocephalus minimiflorus Senghas
- Ornithocephalus montealegreae Pupulin
- Ornithocephalus myrticola Lindl.
- Ornithocephalus numenius Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus obergiae Soto Arenas
- Ornithocephalus oberonioides (Schltr.) Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus patentilobus C.Schweinf.
- Ornithocephalus polyodon Rchb.f.
- Ornithocephalus powellii Schltr.
- Ornithocephalus suarezii Dodson
- Ornithocephalus torresii Salazar & Soto Arenas
- Ornithocephalus tripterus Schltr.
- Ornithocephalus tsubotae (P.Ortiz) Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus urceilabris (P.Ortiz & R.Escobar) Toscano & Dressler
- Ornithocephalus valerioi Ames & C.Schweinf.
- Ornithocephalus vasquezii Dodson
- Ornithocephalus zamoranus Dodson
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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