Sievekingia

Sievekingia
Sievekingia reichenbachiana
1898 illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Sievekingia
Rchb. f. (1871)
Type species
Sievekingia suavis
Rchb. f. (1871)
Synonyms

Gorgoglossum F. Lehm.

Sievekingia is a genus of orchid, comprising 20 species found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia.

The following species are recognized as of June 2014:

  1. Sievekingia butcheri Dressler – Panama
  2. Sievekingia colombiana Garay – Colombia, Ecuador
  3. Sievekingia cristata Garay – Ecuador
  4. Sievekingia dunstervilleorum Foldats – Venezuela
  5. Sievekingia filifera Dressler – Colombia
  6. Sievekingia fimbriata Rchb.f. – Panama, Costa Rica
  7. Sievekingia herklotziana Jenny – Colombia
  8. Sievekingia herrenhusana Jenny – Ecuador
  9. Sievekingia hirtzii Waldv. – Ecuador
  10. Sievekingia jenmanii Rchb.f. – Venezuela, the Guianas
  11. Sievekingia marsupialis Dodson – Colombia, Ecuador
  12. Sievekingia peruviana Rolfe ex C.Schweinf. – Peru
  13. Sievekingia reichenbachiana Rolfe – Colombia, Ecuador
  14. Sievekingia rhonhofiae Mansf. – Ecuador
  15. Sievekingia suavis Rchb.f. – Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia
  16. Sievekingia trollii Mansf. – Bolivia

References

  1. ↑ M. S. del. ( = Matilda Smith, 1854–1926), J. N. Fitch lith. ( = John Nugent Fitch, 1840–1927) Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911) – "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol 124
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1–585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  4. ↑ Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
  5. ↑ Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
  6. ↑ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

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