Pterichis Explained

Pterichis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America and Jamaica.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species recognized as of June 2014:^[1]

1. Pterichis acuminata Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
2. Pterichis bangii Rolfe - Bolivia
3. Pterichis boliviana Schltr. - Bolivia, Argentina
4. Pterichis colombiana G.Morales - Colombia
5. Pterichis fernandezii G.Morales - Colombia
6. Pterichis galeata Lindl. - Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica
7. Pterichis habenarioides (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
8. Pterichis latifolia Garay & Dunst. - Venezuela
9. Pterichis leucoptera Schltr. - Peru
10. Pterichis macroptera Schltr. - Peru
11. Pterichis mandonii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - Bolivia
12. Pterichis multiflora (Lindl.) Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Argentina
13. Pterichis parvifolia (Lindl.) Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
14. Pterichis pauciflora Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador
15. Pterichis proctorii Garay - Jamaica
16. Pterichis saxicola Schltr. - Bolivia
17. Pterichis silvestris Schltr. - Bolivia, Peru
18. Pterichis triloba (Lindl.) Schltr. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
19. Pterichis weberbaueriana Kraenzl. - Peru
20. Pterichis yungasensis Schltr. - Bolivia

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=170336 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
3. 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
4. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
5. Luteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 84: viii–xv, 1–278.