Biology:Discyphus

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Short description: Genus of orchids

Discyphus
Discyphus scopulariae (Rchb.f.) Schltr.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Discyphinae
Salazar & Van den Berg
Genus: Discyphus
Schltr.
Species:
D. scopulariae
Binomial name
Discyphus scopulariae
(Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dikylikostigma Kraenzl.
  • Spiranthes scopulariae Rchb.f.
  • Gyrostachys scopulariae (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
  • Dikylikostigma preussii Kraenzl.

Discyphus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is the only genus in the subtribe Discyphinae of the tribe Cranichideae.[2] It contains only one currently recognized species, Discyphus scopulariae, with two accepted varieties:[1][3][4][5]

  • Discyphus scopulariae var. longiauriculata Szlach. - Trinidad
  • Discyphus scopulariae var. scopulariae - Trinidad, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Chase, Mark W.; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Freudenstein, John V.; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Salazar, Gerardo; van den Berg, Cássio; Schuiteman, André (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234. ISSN 0024-4074. 
  3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  4. Christenson, E. A. 1991. Mesoamerican orchid studies I: Orchids of Panama. Lindleyana 6(1): 42–48.
  5. 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
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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