Restrepiella

Restrepiella is a genus of orchid native to Mexico, Colombia, Florida and Central America.[1][2][3]

Snake's head restrepiella
Snake's head restrepiella
(Restrepiella ophiocephala)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Epidendreae
Subtribe:
Pleurothallidinae
Genus:
Restrepiella

Garay & Dunst.
Type species
Restrepiella ophiocephala
(Lindl. (1838) Garay & Dunst. (1966)

Restrepiella is morphologically similar to Restrepia, but differs in lacking hairlike attachments on a mobile lip and having four pollinia instead of two.

Species

As of June 2014, three species are recognized:[1]

  • Restrepiella guatemalensis Archila - Guatemala
  • Restrepiella lueri Pupulin & Bogarín - Costa Rica
  • Restrepiella ophiocephala (Lindl.) Garay & Dunst. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Florida
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References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. McLeish, I., Pearce, N.R. & B.R. Adams. (1995) Native Orchids of Belize. Rotterdam, Netherlands: A.A. Balkema.
  3. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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