Kraenzlinella Explained

Kraenzlinella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, first described as a genus in 1903. It is native to S Mexico, Central America, and South America.^{[1] [2]}

Species^[1]

1. Kraenzlinella anfracta (Luer) Luer - Tolima region in Colombia
2. Kraenzlinella echinocarpa (C.Schweinf.) Luer - Peru, Ecuador
3. Kraenzlinella erinacea (Rchb.f.) Solano - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
4. Kraenzlinella gigantea (Lindl.) Luer - Peru
5. Kraenzlinella hintonii (L.O.Williams) Solano - Guerrero
6. Kraenzlinella lappago (Luer) Luer - El Oro + Napo Provinces in Ecuador
7. Kraenzlinella phrynoglossa (Luer & Hirtz) Luer - Azuay Province in Ecuador
8. Kraenzlinella rinkei Luer - Costa Rica
9. Kraenzlinella sigmoidea (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Luer - Costa Rica
10. Kraenzlinella tunguraguae (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Kuntze ex Engl. & Prantl - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

formerly included^[1] and moved to other genera: Anathallis Echinosepala Specklinia

1. Kraenzlinella platyrachis (Rolfe) Rolfe = Specklinia pfavii (Rchb.f.) Pupulin & Karremans
2. Kraenzlinella shuarii (Luer) Luer = Echinosepala shuarii (Luer) Luer
3. Kraenzlinella smaragdina (Luer) Luer = Anathallis smaragdina (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=106419 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. 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.