Leochilus

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Leochilus']

кырык мары: Леохилус
中文: 光唇兰属

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Oncidiinae • Genus: Leochilus Knowles & Westc. (1838)

Genus Leochilus Knowles & Westc. (1838)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Cryptosanus Scheidw., Allg. Gartenzeitung 11: 101 (1843) Papperitzia Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 670 (1852) Leiochilus Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 328 (1881) Hybochilus Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 429 (1920) Goniochilus M.W.Chase, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 16: 124 (1987)

12 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 11 July 2019):
L. carinatus, L. crocodiliceps, L. hagsateri, L. inconspicuus, L. johnstonii, L. labiatus, L. leiboldii, L. leochilinus, L. oncidioides, L. puertoricensis, L. scriptus, L. tricuspidatus

Included species (for Tropicos, 11 July 2019):

L. ampliflorus, L. carinatus, L. cochlearis, L. crocodiliceps, L. cuatrecasasii, L. depauperatus, L. diaphanus, L. dignathe, L. gracilis, L. hagsateri, L. herbaceus, L. hyalinobulbon, L. johnstonii, L. labiatus, L. lehmannianus, L. leiboldii, L. leochilinus, L. macrantherus, L. major, L. mattogrossensis, L. oncidioides, L. parviflorus, L. powellii, L. puertoricensis, L. pulchellus, L. pygmaeus, L. radiatus, L. retusus, L. salvus, L. sanguinolentus, L. scriptus, L. spegazzinianus, L. tricuspidatus, L. tunguraguae
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Leochilus oncidioides Knowles & Westc. (1838)

Leochilus labiatus
Leochilus leiboldii
fig I
Leochilus oncidioides
Type species
Leochilus scriptus

Native distribution areas

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

Northern America
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador.
- Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil North.

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Leochilus

Genus Leochilus Knowles & Westc. (1838)

12 Species

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