Ionopsis

Ionopsis (violet orchid)[2] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 currently accepted species, native to Latin America, the West Indies, and Florida.[1][3][4]

  1. Ionopsis burchellii Rchb.f. - Brazil
  2. Ionopsis minutiflora (Dodson & N.H.Williams) Pupulin - Ecuador
  3. Ionopsis papillosa Pupulin - Ecuador
  4. Ionopsis satyrioides (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America
  5. Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl. - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, South America, and Florida
  6. Ionopsis zebrina Kraenzl. - Colombia

Ionopsis
Ionopsis utricularioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Ionopsis
Kunth
Type species
Ionopsis utricularioides
(Sw.) Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Iantha Hook.
  • Cybelion Spreng.
  • Konantzia Dodson & N.H.Williams

See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Ionopsis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. Flora of North America v 26 p 646, Ionopsis Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 279, plate 83. 1816.
  4. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Media related to Ionopsis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Ionopsis at Wikispecies


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