Hylaeorchis

Hylaeorchis is a genus of epiphytic orchids. There is only one known species, Hylaeorchis petiolaris, native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, northern Brazil).[1][2][3][4]

Hylaeorchis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Maxillarieae
Subtribe:
Maxillariinae
Genus:
Hylaeorchis

Carnevali & G.A.Romero
Species:
H. petiolaris
Binomial name
Hylaeorchis petiolaris
(Schltr.) Carnevali & G.A.Romero
Synonyms[1]
  • Maxillaria petiolaris Schltr.
  • Maxillaria rudolfii Hoehne, illegitimate superfluous name
  • Bifrenaria rudolfii Carnevali & G.A.Romero, illegitimate
  • Bifrenaria petiolaris (Schltr.) G.A.Romero & Carnevali
  • Bifrenaria minuta Garay
  • Maxillaria perparva Garay & Dunst.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  4. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584


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