Polycycnis Explained
Polycycnis, abbreviated in horticultural trade as Pcn, is a genus of orchid, comprising 17 species found in Central America, and northern South America.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Species
- Polycycnis acutiloba Schltr. - Colombia
- Polycycnis annectans Dressler - Ecuador
- Polycycnis aurita Dressler - Ecuador, Colombia
- Polycycnis barbata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras
- Polycycnis blancoi G.Gerlach - Costa Rica
- Polycycnis escobariana G.Gerlach - Colombia
- Polycycnis gratiosa Endrés & Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica
- Polycycnis grayi Dodson - Ecuador
- Polycycnis lehmannii Rolfe - Colombia
- Polycycnis lepida Linden & Rchb.f. - Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
- Polycycnis muscifera (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
- Polycycnis pfisteri Senghas, Tagges & G.Gerlach - Colombia
- Polycycnis silvana F.Barros - Bahia
- Polycycnis surinamensis C.Schweinf - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Suriname, Guyana
- Polycycnis tortuosa Dressler - Panama
- Polycycnis trullifera D.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
- Polycycnis villegasiana G.Gerlach - Colombia
Notes and References
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=162364 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
