Tolumnia

Tolumnia pulchella (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: Tolumnia

Overview of species (27)

T. acunae – T. arizajuliana – T. bahamensis – T. calochila – T. caribensis – T. compressicaulis – T. gauntlettii – T. guianensis – T. guibertiana – T. gundlachii – T. guttata – T. haitiensis – T. hawkesiana – T. henekenii – T. lemoniana – T. lucayana – T. prionochila – T. pulchella – T. quadriloba – T. sasseri – T. scandens – T. sylvestris – T. triquetra – T. tuerckheimii – T. urophylla – T. usneoides – T. variegata

Nothospecies: (3)

T. × ann-hadderae – T. × domingensis – T. × floride-phillipsiae

Name

Tolumnia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 101 (1837)

• Type species: Tolumnia pulchella (Hook.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 101 (1837)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Olgasis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 51 (1837)
  • Xaritonia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 9 (1838)
  • Antillanorchis (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Garay, Bradea 1: 423 (1974)
  • Hispaniella Braem, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 31: 144 (1980)
  • Jamaiciella Braem, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 31: 120 (1980)
  • Braasiella Braem, Lückel & Rüssmann, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 35: 115 (1984)
  • Gudrunia Braem, Schlechteriana 4: 24 (1993)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Guatemala. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. 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 370 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 101.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012) Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1–1192.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Tolumnia. Accessed: 2021 Aug 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Tolumnia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Tolumnia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Tolumnia. 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 Aug 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Tolumnia. Published online. Accessed: 24 Aug 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Tolumnia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Aug 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Dancing-lady orchid
перем коми: Толумния
коми: Толумния
кырык мары: Толумни
русский: Толумния
удмурт: Толумния
中文: 剑心兰属

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