''Cischweinfia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s 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 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
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
and northwestern
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 ...
.
[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
* ''
Cischweinfia donrafae''
Dressler & Dalström - Costa Rica
* ''
Cischweinfia jarae''
Dodson & D.E.Benn.- Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
* ''
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'' which ...
References
Oncidiinae genera
Oncidiinae
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