Biology:Fuertesiella

Short description: Genus of orchids

Fuertesiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Cranichidinae
Genus:	Fuertesiella Schltr. in I.Urban
Species:	F. pterichoides
Binomial name
Fuertesiella pterichoides Schltr. in I.Urban
Synonyms
Cranichis grandiflora Ames & C.Schweinf. Fuertesiella grandiflora (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Schltr.

Fuertesiella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Fuertesiella pterichoides, native to Cuba and to the Dominican Republic.

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Schlechter, F.R.R.(1913) Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 7: 492.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 37 ff. Oxford University Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

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