''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,
[http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf] is a
genus
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of 34 currently accepted species of
orchid
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 ...
s native to
South America
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,
Central America
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and southern
Mexico
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.
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/ref> Also called "swan orchids", they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.
List of species
Species accepted as of May 2014:Cycnoches aureum
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America a ...
'' Lindl. & Paxton (1852) - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
# ''Cycnoches barthiorum
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' G.F.Carr & Christenson (1999) - Colombia
# ''Cycnoches bennettii
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America a ...
'' Dodson (1989) - Peru
# ''Cycnoches brachydactylon
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Schltr. (1924) - Colombia
# ''Cycnoches carrii
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America a ...
'' Christenson (1999) - Peru
# ''Cycnoches chlorochilon
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America a ...
'' Klotzsch (1838) - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
# ''Cycnoches christensonii
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America a ...
'' D.E.Benn. (1998) - Peru
# ''Cycnoches cooperi
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Rolfe (1913) - Peru, Brazil
# ''Cycnoches densiflorum
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Rolfe (1909) - Colombia
# ''Cycnoches dianae
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Rchb.f. (1852) - Panama
# ''Cycnoches egertonianum
''Cycnoches egertonianum'' is a species of orchid native to Mexico, Belize and Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the ...
'' Bateman (1842) - southern Mexico, Central America
# ''Cycnoches farnsworthianum
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America a ...
'' D.E.Benn. & Christenson (2001) - Peru
# ''Cycnoches glanduliferum
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Rolfe (1892) - southern Mexico, Central America
# ''Cycnoches guttulatum
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Schltr. (1922) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
# ''Cycnoches haagii
''Cycnoches haagii'' is a species of orchid native to tropical South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisph ...
'' 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
''Cycnoches loddigesii'' is a species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus ''Cycnoches
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf ...
'' 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
''Cycnoches pentadactylon'' is a species of swan orchid native to Peru and Brazil.Lindley, John. 1843. Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 29 (NS 6) plate 22 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/242342)
References
pentadactylon
Orchids of Bra ...
'' Lindl. (1843) - Peru, Brazil
# '' Cycnoches peruvianum'' Rolfe (1891) - Ecuador, Peru
# ''Cycnoches powellii
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Schltr. (1922) - Panama
# ''Cycnoches quatuorcristis
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America a ...
'' D.E.Benn. (1992) - Peru
# ''Cycnoches rossianum
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Rolfe (1891) - Costa Rica
# ''Cycnoches schmidtianum
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Christenson & G.F.Carr (2001) - Peru
# ''Cycnoches stenodactylon
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America a ...
'' Schltr. (1922) - Panama
# ''Cycnoches suarezii
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and s ...
'' Dodson (1989) - Ecuador
# '' Cycnoches thurstoniorum'' Dodson (1989) - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
# ''Cycnoches ventricosum
''Cycnoches ventricosum'' is a species of orchid native to southern Mexico, Belize and Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United State ...
'' Bateman (1838) - Mexico, Central America
# ''Cycnoches warszewiczii
''Cycnoches'', abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America a ...
'' 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.
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