Solenocentrum Explained

Solenocentrum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America, from Costa Rica to Bolivia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

As of June 2014, four species are known:^[1]

1. Solenocentrum asplundii (Garay) Garay - Colombia, Ecuador
2. Solenocentrum costaricense Schltr. - Costa Rica, Panama
3. Solenocentrum lueri Dodson & R.Vásquez - Bolivia
4. Solenocentrum maasii Dressler - Costa Rica

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=192848 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.