''Batemannia'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family (biology), family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan plants that ...
.
It contains 5 species, native to
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...
and
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
:
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/ref>[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.]
*'' Batemannia armillata'' Rchb.f - Suriname, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
*'' Batemannia colleyi'' Lindl. - Trinidad, French Guinea, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
*'' Batemannia leferenzii'' Senghas - Bolivia
*'' Batemannia lepida'' Rchb.f. - Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil
*'' Batemannia wolteriana'' Schltr. - Peru
See also
* List of Orchidaceae genera
This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according tThe Families of Flowering Plants- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the ''Orchid Research Newsletter'' which ...
References
External links
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Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
Orchids of South America
Zygopetalinae genera
Zygopetalinae
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