Jacquiniella

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]

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

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
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. lectotype designated by Britton et Wilson, Scientific Survey of Porto Rico 5(2): 197 (1924)
  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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