Sievekingia

Sievekingia is a genus of orchid, comprising 20 species found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia.[2][3][4][5][6]

Sievekingia
Sievekingia reichenbachiana
1898 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Maxillarieae
Subtribe:
Stanhopeinae
Genus:
Sievekingia

Rchb. f. (1871)
Type species
Sievekingia suavis
Rchb. f. (1871)
Synonyms[2]

Gorgoglossum F. Lehm.

The following species are recognized as of June 2014:[2]

  1. Sievekingia butcheri Dressler - Panama
  2. Sievekingia colombiana Garay - Colombia, Ecuador
  3. Sievekingia cristata Garay - Ecuador
  4. Sievekingia dunstervilleorum Foldats - Venezuela
  5. Sievekingia filifera Dressler - Colombia
  6. Sievekingia fimbriata Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica
  7. Sievekingia herklotziana Jenny - Colombia
  8. Sievekingia herrenhusana Jenny - Ecuador
  9. Sievekingia hirtzii Waldv. - Ecuador
  10. Sievekingia jenmanii Rchb.f. - Venezuela, the Guianas
  11. Sievekingia marsupialis Dodson - Colombia, Ecuador
  12. Sievekingia peruviana Rolfe ex C.Schweinf. - Peru
  13. Sievekingia reichenbachiana Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
  14. Sievekingia rhonhofiae Mansf. - Ecuador
  15. Sievekingia suavis Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia
  16. Sievekingia trollii Mansf. - Bolivia

References
  1. M. S. del. ( = Matilda Smith, 1854-1926), J. N. Fitch lith. ( = John Nugent Fitch, 1840–1927) Description by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817—1911) - "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol 124
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 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.
  4. Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
  5. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
  6. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

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