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List of species

Species accepted as of May 2014: # '' Cycnoches aureum'' Lindl. & Paxton (1852) - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama # '' Cycnoches barthiorum'' G.F.Carr & Christenson (1999) - Colombia # '' Cycnoches bennettii'' Dodson (1989) - Peru # '' Cycnoches brachydactylon'' Schltr. (1924) - Colombia # '' Cycnoches carrii'' Christenson (1999) - Peru # '' Cycnoches chlorochilon'' Klotzsch (1838) - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana # '' Cycnoches christensonii'' D.E.Benn. (1998) - Peru # '' Cycnoches cooperi'' Rolfe (1913) - Peru, Brazil # '' Cycnoches densiflorum'' Rolfe (1909) - Colombia # '' Cycnoches dianae'' Rchb.f. (1852) - Panama # '' Cycnoches egertonianum'' Bateman (1842) - southern Mexico, Central America # '' Cycnoches farnsworthianum'' D.E.Benn. & Christenson (2001) - Peru # '' Cycnoches glanduliferum'' Rolfe (1892) - southern Mexico, Central America # '' Cycnoches guttulatum'' Schltr. (1922) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama # '' Cycnoches haagii'' Barb.Rodr. (1881) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil # '' Cycnoches herrenhusanum'' Jenny & G.A.Romero (1991) - Colombia, Ecuador # '' Cycnoches jarae'' Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) - Peru # '' Cycnoches lehmannii'' Rchb.f. (1878) - Ecuador, Peru # '' Cycnoches loddigesii'' Lindl. (1832) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil # '' Cycnoches lusiae'' G.A.Romero & Garay (1999) - Venezuela # '' Cycnoches maculatum'' Lindl. (1840) - Colombia, Venezuela # '' Cycnoches manoelae'' P.Castro & Campacci (1993) - Brazil # '' Cycnoches pachydactylon'' Schltr. (1922) - Nicaragua, Panama # '' Cycnoches pentadactylon'' Lindl. (1843) - Peru, Brazil # '' Cycnoches peruvianum'' Rolfe (1891) - Ecuador, Peru # '' Cycnoches powellii'' Schltr. (1922) - Panama # '' Cycnoches quatuorcristis'' D.E.Benn. (1992) - Peru # '' Cycnoches rossianum'' Rolfe (1891) - Costa Rica # '' Cycnoches schmidtianum'' Christenson & G.F.Carr (2001) - Peru # '' Cycnoches stenodactylon'' Schltr. (1922) - Panama # '' Cycnoches suarezii'' Dodson (1989) - Ecuador # '' Cycnoches thurstoniorum'' Dodson (1989) - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador # '' Cycnoches ventricosum'' Bateman (1838) - Mexico, Central America # '' Cycnoches warszewiczii'' Rchb.f. (1852) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama

References

* (1832) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 154. * (Eds) (2009) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part 2): Epidendroideae, 21 ff. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

External links

* * Catasetinae genera {{Cymbidieae-stub