''Microthelys'' is a
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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. Its species are native to
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#''Microthelys constricta
''Microthelys'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America and Ecuador.
#''Microthelys constricta'' (Szlach.) Szlach. - central Mexico
#''Microthelys hintoniorum'' (Todzi ...
'' (Szlach.) Szlach. - central Mexico
#''Microthelys hintoniorum
''Microthelys'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America and Ecuador.
#''Microthelys constricta'' (Szlach.) Szlach. - central Mexico
#'' Microthelys hintoniorum'' (Todz ...
'' (Todzia) Szlach., Rutk. & Mytnik - Nuevo León
#''Microthelys intagana
''Microthelys'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America and Ecuador.
#''Microthelys constricta'' (Szlach.) Szlach. - central Mexico
#''Microthelys hintoniorum'' (Todzi ...
'' (Dodson & Dressler) Szlach. - Ecuador
#''Microthelys markowskiana
''Microthelys'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America and Ecuador.
#''Microthelys constricta'' (Szlach.) Szlach. - central Mexico
#''Microthelys hintoniorum'' (Todzi ...
'' (Szlach.) Szlach. - Oaxaca
#''Microthelys minutiflora
''Microthelys'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America and Ecuador.
#''Microthelys constricta'' (Szlach.) Szlach. - central Mexico
#''Microthelys hintoniorum'' (Todzi ...
'' (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Garay - from San Luis Potosí south to Guatemala
#''Microthelys nutantiflora
''Microthelys'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America and Ecuador.
#''Microthelys constricta'' (Szlach.) Szlach. - central Mexico
#''Microthelys hintoniorum'' (Todzi ...
'' (Schltr.) Garay - Guatemala, Costa Rica
#''Microthelys rubrocallosa
''Microthelys'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America and Ecuador.
#''Microthelys constricta'' (Szlach.) Szlach. - central Mexico
#''Microthelys hintoniorum'' (Todzi ...
'' (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Garay - from central Mexico south to Guatemala
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
* (1980) Botanical Museum Leaflets 28 (4): 336.
* (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 227 ff. Oxford University Press.
* 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links
*
Cranichideae genera
Spiranthinae
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