Miltonia

Miltonia spectabilis
Typus of Miltonia

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: Miltonia

Overview of species (12)

M. altairiana – M. candida – M. clowesii – M. cuneata – M. flava – M. flavescens – M. kayasimae – M. moreliana – M. phymatochila – M. regnellii – M. russelliana – M. spectabilis

Nothospecies: (8)

M. × binotii – M. × bluntii – M. × cogniauxiae – M. × cyrtochiloides – M. × lamarckeana – M. × leucoglossa – M. × peetersiana – M. × rosina 

Name

Miltonia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1976 (1837)

• Type species: Miltonia spectabilis Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1976 (1837)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Macrochilus Knowles & Westc., Fl. Cab. 1: 93 (1837)
  • Gynizodon Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 40 (1838)
  • Anneliesia Brieger & Lückel, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 34: 129 (1983)
  • Phymatochilum Christenson, Richardiana 5: 195 (2005)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Venezuela. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1837. Edward's Botanical Register, 23: t. 1976.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 296 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Miltonia. Accessed: 2022 Jun 23.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Miltonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Miltonia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Miltonia. 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 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Miltonia. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jun 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Miltonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jun 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Pansy orchids
magyar: árvácskaorchidea
перем коми: Мильтония
коми: Мильтония
lietuvių: Miltonija
кырык мары: Мильтони
پنجابی: ملٹونیا
русский: Мильтония
удмурт: Мильтония
中文: 堇花兰属, 丽堇兰属, 密尔顿兰属

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