Spilotantha

Taxobox
name = "Spilotantha"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Spilotantha ferrusii"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Epidendreae
subtribus = Pleurothallidinae
genus = "Spilotantha"
genus_authority = Luer
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Spilotantha" Luer, is a genus of orchids containing approximately 35 species originating from neotropical locales. Most members of this genus used to reside in the Masdevallia subgenus Amanda. With the split from Masdevallia in 2006, this genus is not yet fully accepted in all botanical forums.

Description

Characteristics that distinguish this genus from Masdevallia are:
* in large or small plants the ramicauls are shorter than the coriaceous leaves
* an erect raceme with keeled or crested ovaries usually possessing inflated floral bracts
* species exhibit a series of simultaneously blooming flowers borne by a peduncle with a round cross-section
* sepals are usually long-tailed and variously connected into a shallow cup or arching cylindrical tube
* petals are callous on the lower half and are often denticulate along the margins
* the lip is usually divided by marginal folds

Species

*"Spilotantha abbreviata" (Rchb.f.) Luer
*"Spilotantha alvaroi" (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer
*"Spilotantha amanda" (Rehb.f. & Warsz.) Luer
*"Spilotantha anceps" (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
*"Spilotantha bulbophyllopsis" (Kraenzl.) Luer
*"Spilotantha caloptera" (Rchb.f.) Luer
*"Spilotantha chaetostoma" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha corazonica" (Schltr.) Luer
*"Spilotantha dalstroemii" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha delphina" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha densiflora" (Schltr.) Luer
*"Spilotantha dimorphtricha" (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
*"Spilotantha ferrusii Luer
*"Spilotantha graminea" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha hydrae" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha leathersii" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha lehmannii" (Rchb.f.) Luer
*"Spilotantha leptoura" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha melanopus" (Rchb.f.) Luer
*"Spilotantha microsiphon" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha ova-avis" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha pachyura" (Rchb.f.) Luer
*"Spilotantha polysticta" (Rchb.f.) Luer
*"Spilotantha porphyrea" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha pozoi" (Königer) Luer
*"Spilotantha pucherrima" (Luer & Andreetta) Luer
*"Spilotantha rafaeliana" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha segrex" (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
*"Spilotantha sertula" (Luer & Andreetta) Luer
*"Spilotantha staaliana" (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
*"Spilotantha superbiens" (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
*"Spilotantha tentaculata" (Luer) Luer
*"Spilotantha tridens" (Rchb.f.) Luer
*"Spilotantha vittatula" (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer
*"Spilotantha xanthodactyla" (Rchb.f.) Luer
*"Spilotantha zygia" (Luer & Malo) Luer

References

* [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html Missouri Botanical Garden w³ TROPICOS]

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