Huntleya

Huntleya meleagris (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: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Huntleya

Overview of species (14)

H. apiculata – H. brevis – H. burtii – H. caroli – H. citrina – H. fasciata – H. grandiflora – H. gustavii – H. lucida – H. meleagris – H. sessiliflora – H. vargasii – H. waldvogelii – H. wallisii

Name

Huntleya Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1991 (1837)

• Type species: Huntleya meleagris Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1991 (1837)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles. Northern South America Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bateman, J. 1837. Edwards's Botanical Register 23: sub t. 1991.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 502 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Additional references

• Harding, P.A. (2008) Huntleyas and Related Orchids. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Huntleya. Accessed: 2022 Jan 1.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Huntleya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 1. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Huntleya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 1. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Huntleya. 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 Jan 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Huntleya. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Huntleya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Хунтлея
коми: Хунтлея
lietuvių: Debesūnė
кырык мары: Хунтлей
удмурт: Хунтлея

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