Lankesterella (Orchidaceae)

Lankesterella gnomus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Spiranthinae
Genus: Lankesterella

Overview of species (11)

L. alainii – L. caespitosa – L. ceracifolia – L. glandula – L. gnomus – L. longicollis – L. orthantha – L. parvula – L. pilosa – L. salehi – L. spannageliana

Name

Lankesterella Ames, Schedul. Orchid. 4: 3 (1923)

• Type species>: Lankesterella costaricensis Ames, Schedul. Orchid. 4: 4. 1923 (a synonym of Lankesterella orthantha (Kraenzl.) Garay, Caldasia 8: 521 (1962))

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Cladobium Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 431 (1920), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ames, O. 1923. Additions to the orchid flora of Central America with observations on noteworthy species. Schedulae Orchidianae 4: 1–60. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 217 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  
• Salazar, G.A. & Dressler, R.L. 2011. The leaves got it right again: DNA phylogenetics supports a sister-group relationship between Eurostlyes and Lankesterella (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae), Lankesteriana 11(3): 337—347.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lankesterella. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lankesterella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lankesterella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Lankesterella. 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 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lankesterella. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Lankesterella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec 2021.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Ланкестерелла

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