Lockhartia

Lockhartia
Lockhartia oerstedii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Lockhartia
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Type species
Lockhartia elegans
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Synonyms
  • Fernandezia Lindl., illegitimate name
  • Lockhartiopsis Archila, invalid name
  • Neobennettia Senghas

Lockhartia, abbreviated Lhta. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) and the only genus of alliance Lockhartia. There are about 30 species, distributed from Mexico through northern South America, as well as in Trinidad.

List of species

Species accepted as of June 2014

  1. Lockhartia acuta (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  2. Lockhartia amoena Endres & Rchb.f.
  3. Lockhartia bennettii Dodson
  4. Lockhartia chocoensis Kraenzl.
  5. Lockhartia dipleura Schltr.
  6. Lockhartia galeottiana Soto Arenas
  7. Lockhartia genegeorgei D.E.Benn. & Christenson
  8. Lockhartia goyazensis Rchb.f.
  9. Lockhartia hercodonta Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.
  10. Lockhartia imbricata (Lam.) Hoehne
  11. Lockhartia ivainae M.F.F.Silva & A.T.Oliveira
  12. Lockhartia latilabris C.Schweinf.
  13. Lockhartia lepticaula D.E.Benn. & Christenson
  14. Lockhartia longifolia (Lindl.) Schltr.
  15. Lockhartia ludibunda Rchb.f.
  16. Lockhartia lunifera (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  17. Lockhartia micrantha Rchb.f.
  18. Lockhartia niesseniae Kolan. & O.Pérez
  19. Lockhartia oblongicallosa Carnevali & G.A.Romero
  20. Lockhartia obtusata L.O.Williams
  21. Lockhartia odontochila Kraenzl.
  22. Lockhartia oerstedii Rchb.f.
  23. Lockhartia parthenocomos (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
  24. Lockhartia pittieri Schltr.
  25. Lockhartia schunkei D.E.Benn. & Christenson
  26. Lockhartia serra Rchb.f.
  27. Lockhartia triangulabia Ames & C.Schweinf.
  28. Lockhartia tuberculata D.E.Benn. & Christenson
  29. Lockhartia variabilis Ames & C.Schweinf.
  30. Lockhartia viruensis E.M.Pessoa & M.Alves

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