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

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

Name

Ionopsis Kunth in F.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. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ionopsis. Accessed: 2020 Aug 31.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ionopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 31. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ionopsis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Ionopsis. Published online. Accessed: 31 Aug 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Ionopsis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 31.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Ionopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 31.

Vernacular names

English: Violet orchid
日本語: イオノプシス属
кырык мары: Ионопсис
русский: Ионопсис

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