Solenocentrum

Solenocentrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Cranichidinae
Genus: Solenocentrum
Schltr.

Solenocentrum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America, from Costa Rica to Bolivia.[1][2][3]

As of June 2014, four species are known:[1]

  1. Solenocentrum asplundii (Garay) Garay - Colombia, Ecuador
  2. Solenocentrum costaricense Schltr. - Costa Rica, Panama
  3. Solenocentrum lueri Dodson & R.Vásquez - Bolivia
  4. Solenocentrum maasii Dressler - Costa Rica

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. ↑ Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
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