Acacallis (orchid)

Taxobox
name = "Acacallis"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Acacallis cyanea" = "Aganisia cyanea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Orchidales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Maxillarieae
subtribus = Zygopetilinae
alliance = Zygopetalum
genus = "Acacallis"
genus_authority = Lindl.| date = 1853
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
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:"For the mythological Greek mortal after whom this genus is named, see Acacallis (mythology).

"Acacallis" Lindl. 1853, was a small South American genus with a few species from the orchid family Orchidaceae.

According to the authoritative database of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, the genus "Acacallis" Lindl. has become a synonym of "Aganisia" Lindl. All "Acacallis" species have now been synonymized with "Aganisia" species, except "Acacallis rosariana" V.P.Castro & M.M.Silva that has become an unplaced name.

The species of this former genus are found in the countries of Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Peru. Both species have flowers that generally reach 4cm in width and whose color is rare among orchids, varying from a rose-tinted violet to a blue-tinted violet produced from a creeping rhizome.

According to the Royal Horticultural Society, "Ac." is the official abbreviation for this genus.

pecies

*"Acacallis coerulea" (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918 (now synonym of "Aganisia fimbriata" Rchb.f.)
*"Acacallis cyanea" Lindl. 1853 (Peru; Venezuela) (now synonym of "Aganisia cyanea" (Lindl.) Rchb.f)
*"Acacallis fimbriata" (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918 (Peru; Venezuela) (now synonym of : "Aganisia fimbriata" Rchb.f)
*"Acacallis hoehnei" (Hoehne) Schltr. 1918 (now synonym of : "Aganisia cyanea" (Lindl.) Rchb.f.)
*"Acacallis oliveriana" (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1914 (now synonym of : "Aganisia fimbriata" Rchb.f.)
*"Acacallis rosariana" V.P.Castro & da Silva 2001 (unplaced name)

References

* [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html Missouri Botanical Garden w³ TROPICOS]
* [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do World checklist of Monocotyledons - Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew]

External links

* [http://www.orchids.co.in/orchid-plant/acacallis-cyanea.shtm Acacallis cyanea - Orchid, Acacallis cyanea is one of the most beautiful of the Zygopetalinae]
* [http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registration_orchids.asp Royal Horticultural Society: Registration of Orchids]
* [http://www.mobot.org/ Missouri Botanical Garden]