Inti (plant)

Inti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Maxillariinae
Genus: Inti
M.A.Blanco

Inti is a genus of orchids native to South America and Central America. It has only two known species:[1][2]

  • Inti bicallosa (Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Inti chartacifolia (Ames & C.Schweinf.) M.A.Blanco - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Inti should not be confused with the bryophyte genus Intia.[3]

References

  1. 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. Neiburg, Mariya Fedorovna. 1958. Congreso Geológico International, Sección VII, Paleontología, Taxonomía y Evolución 1956: 101.
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