Stenoptera

Stenoptera is a genus of flowering plants from the family Orchidaceae, endemic to South America.[1][2][3]

The gelechioid moth genus Stenoptera, established by Duponchel in 1838, is a junior synonym of Esperia. The gall midge genus Stenoptera, invalidly established by Meunier in 1902, has been renamed Neostenoptera.

Stenoptera
Botanical illustration of Stenoptera acuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Cranichidinae
Genus: Stenoptera
C.Presl
Type species
Stenoptera peruviana

Species

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  1. Stenoptera acuta Lindl. - Peru, Brazil
  2. Stenoptera ciliaris C.Schweinf. - Peru
  3. Stenoptera ecuadorana Dodson & C.Vargas - Ecuador
  4. Stenoptera huilaensis Garay - Colombia
  5. Stenoptera laxiflora C.Schweinf. - Peru
  6. Stenoptera montana C.Schweinf. - Peru
  7. Stenoptera peruviana C.Presl - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. Presl, Carl Bořivoj. 1827. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(2): 95

Stenoptera (Orchidaceae)


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