Ionopsis

Ionopsis utricularioides
Typus of Ionopsis

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

Nothospecies: (1)

I. × atalibae 

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.

Additional references

• 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. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ionopsis. Accessed: 2023 Feb 15.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Ionopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Ionopsis. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Ionopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb 2023.

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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