Nohawilliamsia

Nohawilliamsia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Only one species is recognized as of June 2014, Nohawilliamsia pirarensis, native to northern South America (Venezuela, Guyana and northern Brazil).[1]

Nohawilliamsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Cymbidieae
Subtribe:
Oncidiinae
Genus:
Nohawilliamsia

M.W.Chase & Whitten
Species:
N. pirarensis
Binomial name
Nohawilliamsia pirarensis
(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & Whitten
Synonyms[1]
  • Oncidium pirarense Rchb.f.
  • Ampliglossum pirarense (Rchb.f.) Campacci
  • Coppensia pirarensis (Rchb.f.) Campacci
  • Gomesa pirarensis (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams
  • Oncidium orthostates Ridl.
  • Ampliglossum orthostates (Ridl.) Campacci
  • Coppensia orthostates (Ridl.) Campacci

See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart


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