Cycnoches Explained

Cycnoches, abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade,^[1] is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico.^[2] Also called "swan orchids", they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.^[3]

List of species

Species accepted as of May 2014:^[2]

1. Cycnoches aureum Lindl. & Paxton (1852) - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
2. Cycnoches barthiorum G.F.Carr & Christenson (1999) - Colombia
3. Cycnoches bennettii Dodson (1989) - Peru
4. Cycnoches brachydactylon Schltr. (1924) - Colombia
5. Cycnoches carrii Christenson (1999) - Peru
6. Cycnoches chlorochilon Klotzsch (1838) - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
7. Cycnoches christensonii D.E.Benn. (1998) - Peru
8. Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe (1913) - Peru, Brazil
9. Cycnoches densiflorum Rolfe (1909) - Colombia
10. Cycnoches dianae Rchb.f. (1852) - Panama
11. Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman (1842) - southern Mexico, Central America
12. Cycnoches farnsworthianum D.E.Benn. & Christenson (2001) - Peru
13. Cycnoches glanduliferum Rolfe (1892) - southern Mexico, Central America
14. Cycnoches guttulatum Schltr. (1922) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
15. Cycnoches haagii Barb.Rodr. (1881) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil
16. Cycnoches herrenhusanum Jenny & G.A.Romero (1991) - Colombia, Ecuador
17. Cycnoches jarae Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) - Peru
18. Cycnoches lehmannii Rchb.f. (1878) - Ecuador, Peru
19. Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl. (1832) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil
20. Cycnoches lusiae G.A.Romero & Garay (1999) - Venezuela
21. Cycnoches maculatum Lindl. (1840) - Colombia, Venezuela
22. Cycnoches manoelae P.Castro & Campacci (1993) - Brazil
23. Cycnoches pachydactylon Schltr. (1922) - Nicaragua, Panama
24. Cycnoches pentadactylon Lindl. (1843) - Peru, Brazil
25. Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe (1891) - Ecuador, Peru
26. Cycnoches powellii Schltr. (1922) - Panama
27. Cycnoches quatuorcristis D.E.Benn. (1992) - Peru
28. Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe (1891) - Costa Rica
29. Cycnoches schmidtianum Christenson & G.F.Carr (2001) - Peru
30. Cycnoches stenodactylon Schltr. (1922) - Panama
31. Cycnoches suarezii Dodson (1989) - Ecuador
32. Cycnoches thurstoniorum Dodson (1989) - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
33. Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman (1838) - Mexico, Central America
34. Cycnoches warszewiczii Rchb.f. (1852) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama

References

• (1832) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 154.
• (Eds) (2009) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part 2): Epidendroideae, 21 ff. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Notes and References

1. http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=52947 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Pérez-Escobar. Oscar Alejandro . Gottschling. Marc. Chomicki . Guillaume . Condamine . Fabien L. . Klitgård. Bente B.. Pansarin. Emerson. Gerlach. Günter. Andean Mountain Building Did not Preclude Dispersal of Lowland Epiphytic Orchids in the Neotropics . Scientific Reports. 7. 1. 2017. 4919 . 2045-2322. 10.1038/s41598-017-04261-z. 28687774 . 5501825 . 2017NatSR...7.4919P . free.