''Systeloglossum'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern
Central America
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and northwestern
South America
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.
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/ref>[Atwood Jr., J.T. & D.E. Mora-Retana. 1999. Family #39 Orchidaceae: Tribe Maxillarieae: subtribes Maxillariinae and Oncidiinae. 40: i–vi, 1–182. In W.C. Burger (ed.) Flora Costaricensis, Fieldiana, Botany. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.]
#''Systeloglossum acuminatum
''Systeloglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.Atwood Jr., J.T. & D.E. Mora-Retana. 1999. Family #39 Or ...
'' Ames & C.Schweinf. - Costa Rica, Panama
#''Systeloglossum bennettii
''Systeloglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.Atwood Jr., J.T. & D.E. Mora-Retana. 1999. Family #39 Or ...
'' (Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Peru
#''Systeloglossum costaricense
''Systeloglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.Atwood Jr., J.T. & D.E. Mora-Retana. 1999. Family #39 Or ...
'' Schltr. - Peru
#''Systeloglossum ecuadorense
''Systeloglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.Atwood Jr., J.T. & D.E. Mora-Retana. 1999. Family #39 Or ...
'' (Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Ecuador
#''Systeloglossum panamense
''Systeloglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.Atwood Jr., J.T. & D.E. Mora-Retana. 1999. Family #39 Or ...
'' Dressler & N.H.Williams - Panama
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
External links
IOSPE orchid photos, ''Systeloglossum ecuadorense'' (Garay) Dressler & N.H. Williams 1970 Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler.
Oncidiinae genera
Oncidiinae
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