Psychopsis (Orchidaceae)

Psychopsis papilio (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: Oncidiinae
Genus: Psychopsis

Overview of species (4)

P. krameriana – P. papilio – P. sanderae – P. versteegiana

Name

Psychopsis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 40 (1838)

• Type species: Psychopsis papilio (Lindl.) H.G.Jones, J. Barbados Mus. Hist. Soc. 35: 32 (1975)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Papiliopsis E.Morren ex Cogn. & Marchal, Pl. Feuill. Omem. 2: t. 55 (1874)
  • Papiliopsis E.Morren, Belgique Hort. 24: 261 (1874)
  • Psychopsiella Lückel & Braem, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 33: 7 (1982)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Panama. Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil 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 330 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 40.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Psychopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 2. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Psychopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Psychopsis. Published online. Accessed: 2 June 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Psychopsis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 2.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Psychopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 June 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Butterfly orchids
перем коми: Психопсис
коми: Психопсис
кырык мары: Психопсис
удмурт: Психопсис
中文: 蛾形文心蘭屬, 拟蝶唇兰属

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