Sarcoglottis

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Sarcoglottis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[2] It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Sarcoglottis
Sarcoglottis speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Orchidoideae
Tribe:Cranichideae
Subtribe:Spiranthinae
Genus:Sarcoglottis
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Synonyms[1]
  • Dothilis Raf.
  • Narica Raf.
  • Potosia (Schltr.) R.González & Szlach. ex Mytnik
  • Synoplectris Raf.
  • Zhukowskia Szlach., R.González & Rutk.

Species

As of August 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

  • Sarcoglottis acaulis (Sm.) Schltr. – from Grenada and Trinidad to Bolivia
  • Sarcoglottis acutata (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Garay – Minas Gerais
  • Sarcoglottis alexandri Schltr. ex Mansf. – São Paulo, Paraná
  • Sarcoglottis amazonica Pabst – Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana
  • Sarcoglottis assurgens (Rchb.f.) Schltr . – Chiapas, Oaxaca, Campeche, Yucatán, Guatemala
  • Sarcoglottis biflora (Vell.) Schltr. – Brazil
  • Sarcoglottis calcicola Bogarín & Pupulin
  • Sarcoglottis catharinensis Mancinelli & E.C.Smidt
  • Sarcoglottis cerina (Lindl.) P.N.Don in J.Donn – Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
  • Sarcoglottis curvisepala Szlach. & Rutk. – Bahia, Minas Gerais
  • Sarcoglottis degranvillei Szlach. & Veyret – French Guiana
  • Sarcoglottis depinctrix Christenson & Toscano – Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
  • Sarcoglottis fasciculata (Vell.) Schltr. – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
  • Sarcoglottis glaucescens Schltr. – Rio Grande do Sul
  • Sarcoglottis gonzalezii L.C.Menezes – Minas Gerais
  • Sarcoglottis grandiflora (Hook.) Klotzsch – widespread across much of South America
  • Sarcoglottis heringeri Pabst – Brasília
  • Sarcoglottis herzogii Schltr. – Bolivia
  • Sarcoglottis homalogastra (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. – Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Sarcoglottis hunteriana Schltr.
  • Sarcoglottis itararensis (Kraenzl.) Hoehne – Paraná
  • Sarcoglottis juergensii Schltr. – Minas Gerais
  • Sarcoglottis labiosa Sambin & Aucourd
  • Sarcoglottis lehmannii Garay – Colombia
  • Sarcoglottis lobata (Lindl.) P.N.Don in J.Donn – Hidalgo
  • Sarcoglottis maasorum Pabst
  • Sarcoglottis magdalenensis (Brade & Pabst) Pabst – Brazil, Argentina
  • Sarcoglottis maroaensis G.A.Romero & Carnevali – Venezuela
  • Sarcoglottis matogrossensis Engels & E.C.Smidt
  • Sarcoglottis metallica (Rolfe) Schltr. – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
  • Sarcoglottis micrantha Christenson – Peru
  • Sarcoglottis neglecta Christenson – Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica
  • Sarcoglottis neillii Salazar & Tobar
  • Sarcoglottis pauciflora (Kuntze) Schltr. – central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
  • Sarcoglottis portillae Christenson – Ecuador
  • Sarcoglottis powellii Schltr.
  • Sarcoglottis pseudovillosa Mytnik, Rutk. & Szlach. – Paraguay
  • Sarcoglottis retorta Sambin & Aucourd
  • Sarcoglottis riocontensis E.C.Smidt & Toscano – Bahia
  • Sarcoglottis rosulata (Lindl.) P.N.Don in J.Donn – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Oaxaca
  • Sarcoglottis sceptrodes (Rchb.f.) Schltr – from central Mexico south to Panama
  • Sarcoglottis schaffneri (Rchb.f.) Ames in J.D.Smith – from central Mexico south to Honduras
  • Sarcoglottis schwackei (Cogn.) Schltr. – Brazil
  • Sarcoglottis scintillans (E.W.Greenw.) Salazar & Soto Arenas – Oaxaca
  • Sarcoglottis smithii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. – Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  • Sarcoglottis stergiosii Carnevali & I.Ramírez – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana
  • Sarcoglottis tirolensis Burns–Bal. & Merc.S.Foster – Paraguay
  • Sarcoglottis turkeliae Christenson – Ecuador
  • Sarcoglottis uliginosa Barb.Rodr. – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
  • Sarcoglottis umbrosa (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. – Brazil
  • Sarcoglottis ventricosa (Vell.) Hoehne – Brazil, Argentina
  • Sarcoglottis veyretiae Szlach. – Rio de Janeiro
  • Sarcoglottis villosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Schltr. – Brazil, Peru
  • Sarcoglottis viscosa Szlach. & Rutk. – Brazil
  • Sarcoglottis woodsonii (L.O.Williams) Garay – Panama

See also

References