Phloeophila

Phloeophila nummularia (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Phloeophila

Overview of species (11)

P. alphonsiana – P. carrilloi – P. cunabulum – P. cymbula – P. dasyglossa – P. doucetteana – P. nummularia – P. pelecaniceps – P. peperomioides – P. pleurothallopsis – P. ursula

Name

Phloeophila Hoehne & Schltr., Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 199 (1926)

• Type species: Phloeophila nummularia (Rchb.f.) Garay, Orquideologia 9: 118 (1974)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Luerella Braas, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 30: 108 (1979)
  • Ophidion Luer, Selbyana 7: 79 (1982)
  • Incaea Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 87 (2006)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Hoehne, F.C. & Schlechter, F.R.R. 1926. Archivos de Botânica do São Paulo 1(3): 199–201.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 381 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Luer, C.A. (2006) Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVIII. A reconsideration of Masdevallia, systematics of Specklinia and vegetatively similar taxa (Orchidaceae).
  

Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 105: 1–281.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Phloeophila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 10. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Phloeophila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Phloeophila. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Phloeophila in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 10.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Phloeophila. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2019.

Vernacular names

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