Jacquiniella

Jacquiniella
Jacquiniella globosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Jacquiniella
Schltr.
Type species
Epidendrum globosa [1]
Jacq.
Synonyms[2]
  • Dressleriella Brieger in F.R.R.Schlechter
  • Briegeria Senghas

Jacquiniella (tufted orchid)[3] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.[2]

The diploid chromosome number of one species, J. globosa, has been determined as 2n = 38.[4]

Species

Kew accepts (as of May 2014) twelve species of Jacquiniella:[5]

  • J. aporophylla (L.O.Williams) Dressler
  • J. cernua (Lindl.) Dressler
  • J. cobanensis (Ames & Schltr.)
  • J. colombiana Schltr.
  • J. equitantifolia (Ames) Dressler
  • J. gigantea Dressler
  • J. globosa (Jacq.) Schltr.
  • J. leucomelana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • J. pedunculata Dressler
  • J. standleyi (Ames) Dressler
  • J. steyermarkii Carnevali & Dressler
  • J. teretifolia (Sw.) Britton & P. Wilson

See also

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Britton et Wilson, Scientific Survey of Porto Rico 5(2): 197 (1924)
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Jacquiniella". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ↑ page 252. Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278, The Linnean Society of London
  5. ↑ search for Jacquiniella on the "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families", http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 262 ff. Oxford University Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart


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