''Cyrtopodium'', often abbreviated Cyrt in

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of more than 40

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and terrestrial

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s found from

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through

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subtribe Cyrtopodiinae.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2009). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 5. Oxford Univ. Press. The

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is '' C. andersonii'', originally described in 1812 by A.B. Lambert as ''Cymbidium andersonii'', and in 1813 used by

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to erect his new genus ''Cyrtopodium''.Brown, Robert, in Aiton, William Townsend. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 216.

List of species

# '' Cyrtopodium aliciae'' L.Linden & Rolfe # '' Cyrtopodium andersonii'' (Lamb. ex Andrews) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton # '' Cyrtopodium blanchetii'' Rchb.f. # '' Cyrtopodium braemii'' L.C.Menezes # '' Cyrtopodium brandonianum'' Barb.Rodr. # '' Cyrtopodium brunneum'' J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. # '' Cyrtopodium cachimboense'' L.C.Menezes # '' Cyrtopodium caiapoense'' L.C.Menezes # '' Cyrtopodium cipoense'' L.C.Menezes # '' Cyrtopodium confusum'' L.C.Menezes, 2008 # ''

Cyrtopodium cristatum ''Cyrtopodium cristatum'' is a species of orchid native to South America (Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and the Guianas).Romero-González, G.A., Batista, J.A.N. & de Bem Bianchetti, L. (2008). A synopsis of the genus Cyrtopodium (Catasetinae: Orchi ...

'' Lindl. # '' Cyrtopodium dusenii'' Schltr. # '' Cyrtopodium eugenii'' Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach # '' Cyrtopodium flavum'' (Nees) Link & Otto ex Rchb. # '' Cyrtopodium fowliei'' L.C.Menezes # '' Cyrtopodium gigas'' (Vell.) Hoehne # '' Cyrtopodium glutiniferum'' Raddi # '' Cyrtopodium graniticum'' G.A.Romero & Carnevali # '' Cyrtopodium hatschbachii'' Pabst # '' Cyrtopodium holstii'' L.C.Menezes # '' Cyrtopodium × intermedium'' Brade (''C. gigas × C. glutiniferum'') # '' Cyrtopodium josephense'' Barb.Rodr. # '' Cyrtopodium kleinii'' J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. # '' Cyrtopodium lamellaticallosum'' J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. # '' Cyrtopodium latifolium'' Bianch. & J.A.N.Bat. # '' Cyrtopodium linearifolium'' J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. # '' Cyrtopodium lissochiloides'' Hoehne & Schltr. # '' Cyrtopodium longibulbosum'' Dodson & G.A.Romero # '' Cyrtopodium macedoi'' J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. # '' Cyrtopodium macrobulbum'' (Lex.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali # '' Cyrtopodium minutum'' L.C.Menezes # '' Cyrtopodium naiguatae'' Schltr. # ''

Cyrtopodium pallidum ''Cyrtopodium'', often abbreviated Cyrt in horticulture, is a genus of more than 40 species of epiphyte, epiphytic and Terrestrial plant, terrestrial orchids found from Florida and Mexico through Argentina. ''Cyrtopodium'' is the only genus in th ...

'' Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach # '' Cyrtopodium palmifrons'' Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach # '' Cyrtopodium paludicola'' Hoehne # '' Cyrtopodium paniculatum'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Garay # '' Cyrtopodium parviflorum'' Lindl. # '' Cyrtopodium pflanzii'' Schltr. # '' Cyrtopodium poecilum'' Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach # '' Cyrtopodium punctatum'' (L.) Lindl. # '' Cyrtopodium saintlegerianum'' Rchb.f. # '' Cyrtopodium schargellii'' G.A.Romero, Aymard & Carnevali # '' Cyrtopodium triste'' Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach # '' Cyrtopodium vernum'' Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach # '' Cyrtopodium virescens'' Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach # '' Cyrtopodium willmorei'' Knowles & Westc. # '' Cyrtopodium witeckii'' L.C.Menezes, 2009 # '' Cyrtopodium withneri'' L.C.Menezes ; Names brought to synonymy: * ''Cyrtopodium elegans'', a synonym for '' Tetramicra canaliculata''

References

Cyrtopodiinae genera Epiphytic orchids Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Cymbidieae-stub