''Sievekingia'' is a genus of
orchid
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, comprising 20 species found in
Central and
South America
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, from
Nicaragua
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east to
the Guianas
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and south to
Bolivia
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.
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/ref>[Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.]
The following species are recognized as of June 2014:
#'' Sievekingia butcheri'' Dressler - Panama
#'' Sievekingia colombiana'' Garay - Colombia, Ecuador
#'' Sievekingia cristata'' Garay - Ecuador
#'' Sievekingia dunstervilleorum'' Foldats - Venezuela
#'' Sievekingia filifera'' Dressler - Colombia
#'' Sievekingia fimbriata'' Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica
#'' Sievekingia herklotziana'' Jenny - Colombia
#'' Sievekingia herrenhusana'' Jenny - Ecuador
#'' Sievekingia hirtzii'' Waldv. - Ecuador
#'' Sievekingia jenmanii'' Rchb.f. - Venezuela, the Guianas
#'' Sievekingia marsupialis'' Dodson - Colombia, Ecuador
#'' Sievekingia peruviana'' Rolfe ex C.Schweinf. - Peru
#'' Sievekingia reichenbachiana'' Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
#'' Sievekingia rhonhofiae'' Mansf. - Ecuador
#'' Sievekingia suavis'' Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia
#'' Sievekingia trollii'' Mansf. - Bolivia
References
Stanhopeinae genera
Stanhopeinae
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