Pelexia

Pelexia
Pelexia laxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Orchidoideae
Tribe:Cranichideae
Subtribe:Spiranthinae
Genus:Pelexia
Poit. ex Rich.
Synonyms[1]
  • Collea Lindl.
  • Adnula Raf.
  • Pachygenium (Schltr.) Szlach., R.González & Rutk.

Pelexia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has about 60-70 accepted species, native to Latin America, the West Indies and Florida.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 527, hachuela, Pelexia adnata (Swartz) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 3: 704. 1826.
  3. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  4. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. ↑ Carnevali F., G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Jiménez-Machorro, L. Sánchez-Saldaña, L. Ibarra-González, I. M. Ramírez & M. P. Gómez. 2001. Notes on the flora of the Yucatan Peninsula II: a synopsis of the orchid flora of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and a tentative checklist of the Orchidaceae of the Yucatan Peninsula biotic province. Harvard Papers in Botany 5(2): 383–466.
  6. ↑ McLeish, I., N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams. 1995. Native Orchids of Belize. 1–278.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Media related to Pelexia at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Pelexia at Wikispecies


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