Teagueia Explained

Teagueia is a genus of orchids.^[1] They are found at high altitudes in the Andes in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.^{[2] [3]}

Species accepted as of June 2014:^[2]

1. Teagueia alyssana Luer & L.Jost - Ecuador
2. Teagueia barbeliana L.Jost & Shepard - Ecuador
3. Teagueia cymbisepala Luer & L.Jost - Ecuador
4. Teagueia jostii Luer - Ecuador
5. Teagueia lehmannii Luer - Colombia
6. Teagueia moisesii Chocce & M.E.Acuña - Peru
7. Teagueia phasmida (Luer & R.Escobar) O.Gruss & M.Wolff - Colombia
8. Teagueia portillae Luer - Ecuador
9. Teagueia puroana L.Jost & Shepard - Ecuador
10. Teagueia rex (Luer & R.Escobar) O.Gruss & M.Wolff - Colombia
11. Teagueia sancheziae Luer & L.Jost - Ecuador
12. Teagueia teaguei (Luer) Luer - Ecuador
13. Teagueia tentaculata Luer & Hirtz - Ecuador
14. Teagueia zeus (Luer & Hirtz) O.Gruss & M.Wolff - Ecuador

Notes and References

1. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=202004 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Luer, C. A. 1991. Icones Pleurothallidinarum–VIII. Systematics of Lepanthopsis, Octomeria subgenus Pleurothallopsis, Restrepiella, Restrepiopsis, Salpistele, and Teagueia. Addenda to Platystele, Porroglossum, and Scaphosepalum. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 39: 1–161.