Jacquiniella Explained

Jacquiniella (tufted orchid) is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.^[1]

The diploid chromosome number of one species, J. globosa, has been determined as 2n = 38.^[2]

Species

Kew accepts (as of May 2014) twelve species of Jacquiniella:^[3]

• Jacquiniella aporophylla (L.O.Williams) Dressler
• Jacquiniella cernua (Lindl.) Dressler
• Jacquiniella cobanensis (Ames & Schltr.)
• Jacquiniella colombiana Schltr.
• Jacquiniella equitantifolia (Ames) Dressler
• Jacquiniella gigantea Dressler
• Jacquiniella globosa (Jacq.) Schltr.
• Jacquiniella leucomelana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
• Jacquiniella pedunculata Dressler
• Jacquiniella standleyi (Ames) Dressler
• Jacquiniella steyermarkii Carnevali & Dressler
• Jacquiniella teretifolia (Sw.) Britton & P. Wilson

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 262 ff. Oxford University Press.
• 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=104149 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. page 252. Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278, The Linnean Society of London
3. search for Jacquiniella on the "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families", http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do