Cycnoches
| Cycnoches | |
|---|---|
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| Cycnoches loddigesii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Catasetinae |
| Genus: | Cycnoches Lindl. |
| Type species | |
| Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl. | |
Cycnoches is a genus of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico.[1] Also called swan necks, swan orchids, or swanworts,[2] they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.[3]
List of species
[edit]Species accepted as of May 2025:[1]
- Cycnoches aureum Lindl. & Paxton (1852) – Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
- Cycnoches barthiorum G.F.Carr & Christenson (1999) – Colombia
- Cycnoches bennettii Dodson (1989) – Peru
- Cycnoches brachydactylon Schltr. (1924) – Colombia
- Cycnoches carrii Christenson (1999) – Peru
- Cycnoches chlorochilon Klotzsch (1838) – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
- Cycnoches christensonii D.E.Benn. (1998) – Peru
- Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe (1913) – Peru, Brazil
- Cycnoches dianae Rchb.f. (1852) – Panama
- Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman (1842) – southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia
- Cycnoches farnsworthianum D.E.Benn. & Christenson (2001) – Peru
- Cycnoches glanduliferum Rolfe (1892) – southern Mexico, Central America
- Cycnoches guttulatum Schltr. (1922) – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
- Cycnoches haagii Barb.Rodr. (1881) – from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil
- Cycnoches herrenhusanum Jenny & G.A.Romero (1991) – Colombia, Ecuador
- Cycnoches jarae Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) – Peru
- Cycnoches lehmannii Rchb.f. (1878) – Ecuador, Peru
- Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl. (1832) – from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil
- Cycnoches lusiae G.A.Romero & Garay (1999) – Venezuela
- Cycnoches maculatum Lindl. (1840) – Colombia, Venezuela
- Cycnoches manoelae P.Castro & Campacci (1993) – Brazil
- Cycnoches pachydactylon Schltr. (1922) – Nicaragua, Panama
- Cycnoches pentadactylon Lindl. (1843) – Peru, Brazil
- Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe (1891) – Ecuador, Peru
- Cycnoches powellii Schltr. (1922) – Panama
- Cycnoches quatuorcristis D.E.Benn. (1992) – Peru
- Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe (1891) – Costa Rica
- Cycnoches schmidtianum Christenson & G.F.Carr (2001) – Peru
- Cycnoches stenodactylon Schltr. (1922) – Panama
- Cycnoches suarezii Dodson (1989) – Ecuador
- Cycnoches thurstoniorum Dodson (1989) – Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
- Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman (1838) – Mexico, Central America
- Cycnoches warszewiczii Rchb.f. (1852) – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Cycnoches Lindl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ↑ "Cycnoches". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ↑ Pérez-Escobar, Oscar Alejandro; Gottschling, Marc; Chomicki, Guillaume; Condamine, Fabien L.; Klitgård, Bente B.; Pansarin, Emerson; Gerlach, Günter (2017). "Andean Mountain Building Did not Preclude Dispersal of Lowland Epiphytic Orchids in the Neotropics". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 4919. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.4919P. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04261-z. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5501825. PMID 28687774.
- Lindley, J. (1832) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 154.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P., Chase, M.W., and Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2009) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part 2): Epidendroideae, 21 ff. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
External links
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