Lankesterella Explained

Lankesterella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is found mostly in South America, with a few species extending north into Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.^[1]

Species

Species currently recognized as of June 2014:

1. 1. Lankesterella alainii Nir - Cuba, Dominican Republic Lankesterella caespitosa (Lindl.) Hoehne - Venezuela, Brazil
2. Lankesterella ceracifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Mansf. - Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
   1. Lankesterella glandula Ackerman - Dominican Republic Lankesterella gnomus (Kraenzl.) Hoehne - Brazil
3. Lankesterella longicollis (Cogn.) Hoehne - Brazil
4. Lankesterella orthantha (Kraenzl.) Garay - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
5. Lankesterella parvula (Kraenzl.) Pabst - Rio de Janeiro
6. Lankesterella pilosa (Cogn.) Hoehne - Rio de Janeiro
7. Lankesterella salehi Pabst - Brazil
8. Lankesterella spannageliana (Hoehne & Brade) Mansf. - Rio de Janeiro

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. 217 ff. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 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=107846 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families