''Microchilus'' is a
neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
genus of about 261 species belonging to 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 ...
).
The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by
Carl Borivoj Presl
Carl Borivoj Presl (; 17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czech botanist.
Biography
Presl lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the University of Prague (1833–52).[Erythrodes
''Erythrodes'' (false helmetorchid) is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 26 currently recognised species, native to Southeast Asia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, and some islands of the Pac ...]
'' s. str.. It corresponds to its New World species. The two genera were distinguished by the different characters of the
column
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member ...
and
pollinia
A pollinium (: pollinia) is a coherent mass of pollen grains in a plant that are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination, as a single unit. This is regularly seen in plants such as orchids and many species of milkwee ...
. It need dissecting the flowers, to see the differences at generic level with ''Erythrodes''.
In 2005, another 32 new species were added to this genus by Ormerod.
[New species : Orchid Research Newsletter 47 (January 2006); Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.]
The horticultural abbreviation for this genus is Mcr.
Selected species
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Microchilus anchoriferus'' - (Western South America)
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Microchilus arietinus
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (tropical America to Argentina)
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Microchilus austrobrasiliensis'' - (Brazil)
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Microchilus bimentatus
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Costa Rica)
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Microchilus brachyplectron'' - (Brazil)
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Microchilus brunnescens'' - (Ecuador)
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Microchilus buchtienii'' - (Bolivia)
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Microchilus callophylloides'' - (Ecuador)
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Microchilus calophyllus'' - (Costa Rica)
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Microchilus campanulatus
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Venezuela)
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Microchilus capitatus'' - (Peru)
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Microchilus caucanus
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus constrictus'' (Amazonas)
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Microchilus curviflorus'' - (Venezuela)
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Microchilus densiflorus'' - (Brazil)
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Microchilus dolichostachys
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus ecuadorensis
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Ecuador)
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Microchilus ensicalcar
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Peru)
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Microchilus epiphyticus
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Costa Rica, Panama)
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Microchilus erythrodoides
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Colombia, Venezuela)
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Microchilus fendleri
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Venezuela)
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Microchilus fosbergii
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus glacensis
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Haiti)
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Microchilus glanduliferus
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Venezuela)
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Microchilus globosus
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus haughtii'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus herzogii'' - (Bolivia)
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Microchilus hirtellus'' - (West Indies - threatened or endangered species; northern South America)
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Microchilus hughjonesii'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus integrus'' - (Ecuador)
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Microchilus kuduyariensis'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus lamprophyllus'' - (Brazil)
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Microchilus laticalcar'' - (Dominican rep.)
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Microchilus lechleri'' - (Peru)
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Microchilus luniferus'' - (Mexico to Central America)
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Microchilus madrinanii'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus major'' - (north & west South America)
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Microchilus mexicanus'' - (Mexico)
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Microchilus micayvallis'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus microcaprinus'' - (Peru)
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Microchilus minor
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' (Peru)
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Microchilus moritzii'' - (Venezuela)
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Microchilus nigrescens'' - (Costa Rica to Ecuador)
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Microchilus ortgiesii'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus ovatus'' - (Colombia, Venezuela)
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Microchilus paleaceus'' - (Caribbean, W. South America to N. Brazil)
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Microchilus panamanicus'' - (Panama)
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Microchilus pauciflorus'' - (Brazil)
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Microchilus pedrojuanensis'' - (Paraguay)
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Microchilus peytonorum'' - (Peru)
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Microchilus plantagineus'' - (Caribbean - threatened or endangered species; Venezuela)
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Microchilus platanilloensis
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Costa Rica)
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Microchilus platysepalus'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus plowmanii'' - (Peru)
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Microchilus preslii'' - (Peru)
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Microchilus pseudobrunnescens
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Ecuador)
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Microchilus pseudominor'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus putumayoensis'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus quadratus'' - (Colombia, Ecuador)
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Microchilus rioesmeraldae'' - (Colombia)
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Microchilus rioitayanus'' - (Peru)
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Microchilus riopalenquensis
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Ecuador, Peru)
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Microchilus rojasii'' - (Paraguay)
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Microchilus schultesianus'' - (Trinidad)
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Microchilus scrotiformis
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Colombia, Venezuela)
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Microchilus sparreorum'' - (Ecuador)
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Microchilus sprucei'' - (Ecuador)
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Microchilus tridax'' - (Central America)
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Microchilus trifasciatus'' - (Peru)
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Microchilus valverdei'' - (Costa Rica)
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Microchilus venezuelanus'' - (Venezuela)
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Microchilus vesicifer
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Mexico to Peru)
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Microchilus weberianus
''Microchilus'' is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
It was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1827, but the genus was ...
'' - (Ecuador, Galapagos)
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Microchilus xystophyllus'' - (Venezuela, Brazil)
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Microchilus zeuxinoides'' - (Colombia)
References
Other sources
* Ormerod, P. 2002. ''Taxonomic changes in Goodyerinae (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae)''. Lindleyana 17: 189-238
* Ormerod, P. 2005. ''Studies of Neotropical Goodyerinae (Orchidaceae)''. Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 391–423
External links
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1556014
Goodyerinae
Cranichideae genera
Orchids of North America
Orchids of South America
Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl