Schlimia

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Schlimia

Overview of species (6) edit

S. alpina – S. condorana – S. garayana – S. jasminodora – S. jennyana – S. stevensonii

Name edit

Schlimia Planch. & Linden, Cat. 7: 5 (1852)

Type species: Schlimia jasminodora Planch. & Linden, Cat. 7: 5 (1852)

Note. This genus is often incorrectly written as Schlimmia, however it honours the Belgian botanist Louis Joseph Schlim and the author later corrected the name.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Planchon, J.É. & Linden, J.J. (1852) Établissment de Botanique et d'horticulture de J. Linden . . . Prix-Courant

Additional references edit

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 437 (as Schlimmia) ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links edit

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Schlimia. Accessed: 2023 Jan 24.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Schlimia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Schlimia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Schlimia. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jan 2023.
Photo collections of Schlimia from Botanical Garden Munich
Tropicos.org 2023. Schlimia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names edit

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