Dendrophylax

Dendrophylax lindenii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Dendrophylax

Overview of species (15)

D. alcoa – D. barrettiae – D. constanzensis – D. fawcettii – D. filiformis – D. funalis – D. gracilis – D. helorrhiza – D. lindenii – D. macrocarpus – D. megarhizus – D. porrectus – D. sallei – D. serpentilingua – D. varius

Name

Dendrophylax Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 903 (1864)

• Type species: Dendrophylax varius (J.F.Gmel.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 306 (1918)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Polyrrhiza Pfitzer in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(6): 216 (1889)
  • Harrisella Fawc. & Rendle, J. Bot. 47: 265 (1909)
  • Polyradicion Garay, J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 466 (1969)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America El Salvador, Guatemala. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 383 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Reichenbach, H.G. (1864) Botanices Systematicae 6: 903.

Additional references

• Carlsward, B.S., Whitten, W.M. & Williams, N.H. (2003) Molecular phylogenetics of Neotropical leafless Angraecinae (Orchidaceae): Re-evaluation of generic concepts, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 164: 43–51.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Dendrophylax. Accessed: 2022 Jun 29.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dendrophylax in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dendrophylax in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Dendrophylax. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dendrophylax. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jun 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Dendrophylax. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jun 2022.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Дендрофилакс
коми: Дендрофилакс
кырык мары: Дендрофилакс
удмурт: Дендрофилакс

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