''Cischweinfia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
. It was named after Harvard orchidologist
Charles Schweinfurth
Charles Schweinfurth (April 13, 1890 – November 16, 1970) was an American botanist and plant collector who distinguished himself by his studies on orchids. He predominantly collected species from Peru which he described in his four volume refer ...
. It has eleven currently recognized species, all native to
Central America
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and northwestern
South America
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.
[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]
Species
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Cischweinfia colombiana''
Garay - Colombia
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Cischweinfia dasyandra''
(Rchb.f.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica
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Cischweinfia donrafae''
Dressler & Dalström - Costa Rica
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Cischweinfia jarae''
Dodson & D.E.Benn.- Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
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Cischweinfia nana''
Dressler - Panama
* ''
Cischweinfia parva''
(C.Schweinf.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia
* ''
Cischweinfia platychila''
Garay - Colombia
* ''
Cischweinfia popowiana''
Königer - Ecuador
* ''
Cischweinfia pusilla''
(C.Schweinf.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica
* ''
Cischweinfia pygmaea''
(Pupulin, J.Valle & G.Merino) M.W.Chase - Ecuador
* ''
Cischweinfia rostrata''
Dressler & N.H.Williams - Colombia, Ecuador
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'' whic ...
References
External links
Oncidiinae genera
Oncidiinae
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