Hylaeorchis

Hylaeorchis is a genus of epiphytic orchids. There is only one known species, Hylaeorchis petiolaris, native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil).[1][2][3][4]

Hylaeorchis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Maxillarieae
Subtribe:	Maxillariinae
Genus:	Hylaeorchis Carnevali & G.A.Romero
Species:	H. petiolaris
Binomial name
Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali & G.A.Romero
Synonyms[1]
Maxillaria petiolaris Schltr. Maxillaria rudolfii Hoehne, illegitimate superfluous name Bifrenaria rudolfii Carnevali & G.A.Romero, illegitimate Bifrenaria petiolaris (Schltr.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali Bifrenaria minuta Garay Maxillaria perparva Garay & Dunst.

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010.%5B%5D Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
4. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584