Restrepiella

Summary

Restrepiella is a genus of orchid native to Mexico, Colombia, Florida and Central America.[1][2][3]

Restrepiella
Snake's head restrepiella
(Restrepiella ophiocephala)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Restrepiella
Garay & Dunst.
Type species
Restrepiella ophiocephala
(Lindl. (1838) Garay & Dunst. (1966)

Restrepiella is morphologically similar to Restrepia, but differs in lacking hairlike attachments on a mobile lip and having four pollinia instead of two.

Species edit

As of June 2014, three species are recognized:[1]

  • Restrepiella guatemalensis Archila - Guatemala
  • Restrepiella lueri Pupulin & Bogarín - Costa Rica
  • Restrepiella ophiocephala (Lindl.) Garay & Dunst. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Florida

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ McLeish, I., Pearce, N.R. & B.R. Adams. (1995) Native Orchids of Belize. Rotterdam, Netherlands: A.A. Balkema.
  3. ^ 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.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Restrepiella at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Data related to Restrepiella at Wikispecies
  • Photos from Belize Botanical Gardens