Wullschlaegelia

Wullschlaegelia
Wullschlaegelia aphylla (left)
Wullschlaegelia calcarata (right)
illustration circa 1895[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Epidendroideae
Tribe:Calypsoeae
Genus:Wullschlaegelia
Rchb. f.

Wullschlaegelia is a genus of orchids, (family Orchidaceae), consisting of two species in the Caribbean Islands and to much of Latin America from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. These are myco-heterotrophic plants, lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from soil fungi.[2][3][4]

  • Wullschlaegelia aphylla (Sw.) Rchb. - West indies, Mexico, Central America, much of South America
  • Wullschlaegelia calcarata Benth. - Central America, West Indies, northern South America

The genus is named for botanist Heinrich Wullschlägel.

References

  1. ↑ Alfred Cogniaux (1841 - 1916) - von Martius, Eichler, Urban: "Flora Brasiliensis" vol. 3 pt. 4 tab. 57 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/137045)
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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.
  4. ↑ Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 399-400, 2000


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