Koellensteinia

Koellensteinia kellneriana (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Koellensteinia

Overview of species (11)

K. carraoensis – K. dasilvae – K. eburnea – K. florida – K. graminea – K. hyacinthoides – K. ionoptera – K. kellneriana – K. lilijae – K. spiralis – K. tricolor

Name

Koellensteinia Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 17 (1854)

• Type species: Koellensteinia kellneriana Rchb.f. (1854)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Belize, Panama. Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 510 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  
• Reichenbach, H.G. 1854. Bonplandia 2(2): 17.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Koellensteinia. Accessed: 2021 Dec 29.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Koellensteinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Koellensteinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Koellensteinia. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Koellensteinia. Published online. Accessed: 29 Dec 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Koellensteinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Dec 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Koellensteinia
перем коми: Кӧлленштайния
коми: Кӧлленштайния
олык марий: Кӧлленштайний
кырык мары: Кӧлленштайни
удмурт: Кёлленштайния
中文: 绣唇兰属

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