Ionopsis

Ionopsis utricularioides (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus: Ionopsis

Overview of species (6)

I. burchellii – I. minutiflora – I. papillosa – I. satyrioides – I. utricularioides – I. zebrina

Name

Ionopsis Kunth inF.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 348. (1816)

• Type species: Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 39A (1826)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Iantha Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 113 (1824)
  • Cybelion Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 679 (1826)
  • Jantha Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 797 (1840), nom. illeg.
  • Konantzia Dodson & N.H.Williams, Phytologia 46: 387 (1980)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. 1816. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: 348, t. 83.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 281 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ionopsis. Accessed: 2021 Jun 4.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ionopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 4. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ionopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 4. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Ionopsis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ionopsis. Published online. Accessed: 4 Jun 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Ionopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Violet orchid
日本語: イオノプシス属
кырык мары: Ионопсис
русский: Ионопсис
中文: 鞋堇兰属, 新堇兰属

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