Systeloglossum Explained

Systeloglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

1. Systeloglossum acuminatum Ames & C.Schweinf. - Costa Rica, Panama
2. Systeloglossum bennettii (Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Peru
3. Systeloglossum costaricense Schltr. - Peru
4. Systeloglossum ecuadorense (Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Ecuador
5. Systeloglossum panamense Dressler & N.H.Williams - Panama

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

External links

• IOSPE orchid photos, Systeloglossum ecuadorense (Garay) Dressler & N.H. Williams 1970 Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=199145 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. 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.
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. Atwood Jr., J.T. & D.E. Mora-Retana. 1999. Family #39 Orchidaceae: Tribe Maxillarieae: subtribes Maxillariinae and Oncidiinae. 40: i–vi, 1–182. In W.C. Burger (ed.) Flora Costaricensis, Fieldiana, Botany. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.