Aspasia (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Aspasia']

مصرى: اسباسيا
перем коми: Аспасия
коми: Аспасия
мокшень: Аспасия
олык марий: Аспасия
кырык мары: Аспаси
удмурт: Аспасия
中文: 喜兰属

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Oncidiinae • Genus: Aspasia (Orchidaceae) Lindl. (1833)

Genus Aspasia Lindl. (1836)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Trophianthus Scheidw., Allg. Gartenzeitung 12: 218 (1844)

7 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist'):

Type species Aspasia epidendroides Lindl. (1834)

Aspasia epidendroides
Type species
Aspasia lunata
Aspasia principissa
Aspasia psittacina
Aspasia silvana
Aspasia variegata

Further species

Aspasia omissa Christenson (2004)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Southern America
- Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.
- Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago.
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador.

References

Description of taxon

Lindley. J. (1830) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 139.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 228 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198507130

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Aspasia (Orchidaceae)

Genus Aspasia Lindl. (1836)

7 Species

References

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