Biology:Lockhartia

Short description: Genus of orchids

Lockhartia
Lockhartia oerstedii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Lockhartia Hook.
Type species
Lockhartia elegans Hook.
Synonyms
Fernandezia Lindl., illegitimate name Lockhartiopsis Archila, invalid name Neobennettia Senghas

Lockhartia, abbreviated Lhta. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) and the only genus of alliance Lockhartia. There are about 30 species, distributed from Mexico through northern South America, as well as in Trinidad.

List of species

Species accepted as of June 2014

1. Lockhartia acuta (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
2. Lockhartia amoena Endres & Rchb.f.
3. Lockhartia bennettii Dodson
4. Lockhartia chocoensis Kraenzl.
5. Lockhartia dipleura Schltr.
6. Lockhartia galeottiana Soto Arenas
7. Lockhartia genegeorgei D.E.Benn. & Christenson
8. Lockhartia goyazensis Rchb.f.
9. Lockhartia hercodonta Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl.
10. Lockhartia imbricata (Lam.) Hoehne
11. Lockhartia ivainae M.F.F.Silva & A.T.Oliveira
12. Lockhartia latilabris C.Schweinf.
13. Lockhartia lepticaula D.E.Benn. & Christenson
14. Lockhartia longifolia (Lindl.) Schltr.
15. Lockhartia ludibunda Rchb.f.
16. Lockhartia lunifera (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
17. Lockhartia micrantha Rchb.f.
18. Lockhartia niesseniae Kolan. & O.Pérez
19. Lockhartia oblongicallosa Carnevali & G.A.Romero
20. Lockhartia obtusata L.O.Williams
21. Lockhartia odontochila Kraenzl.
22. Lockhartia oerstedii Rchb.f.
23. Lockhartia parthenocomos (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
24. Lockhartia pittieri Schltr.
25. Lockhartia schunkei D.E.Benn. & Christenson
26. Lockhartia serra Rchb.f.
27. Lockhartia triangulabia Ames & C.Schweinf.
28. Lockhartia tuberculata D.E.Benn. & Christenson
29. Lockhartia variabilis Ames & C.Schweinf.
30. Lockhartia viruensis E.M.Pessoa & M.Alves

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2673646 entry