''Schlimia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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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 is native to
Costa Rica
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and to northern
South America
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.
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/ref>[Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.]
Note. This genus is often incorrectly written as ''Schlimmia'', however it honours the Belgian botanist Louis Joseph Schlim and the author later corrected the name.
As of June 2014, the following species are recognized:Schlimia garayana
''Schlimia'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, ''Orchidaceae''. It is native to Costa Rica and to northern South America.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orc ...
'' H.R.Sweet - Ecuador
#'' Schlimia jasminodora'' Planch. & Linden - Colombia, Costa Rica
#'' Schlimia jennyana'' Lückel - Peru
#'' Schlimia pandurata'' Schltr. - Colombia
#'' Schlimia stevensonii'' Dodson - 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
External links
*
Stanhopeinae genera
Stanhopeinae
Taxa named by Jean Jules Linden
Taxa named by Jules Émile Planchon
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