Biology:Myoxanthus

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Myoxanthus (from Greek for "dormouse" and "flower")[1] is a genus of orchids with over 50 species, widely distributed in southern Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America.[2][3] This genus is a close ally of Pleurothallis.

The genera Chaetocephala Barb.Rodr., Dubois-reymondia H.Karst., and Duboisia H.Karst. have been included in Myoxanthus.[4]

Species

54 species are accepted.[2]

  • Myoxanthus aciculifolius Luer
  • Myoxanthus affinis (Lindl.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus anancusiensis H.R.Quispe, R.D.Cuadros & F.H.Calderon
  • Myoxanthus antennifer Luer & Hirtz
  • Myoxanthus bolivianus Karremans, I.Jiménez & M.Zárate
  • Myoxanthus ceratothallis (Rchb.f.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus cereus (Ames) Luer ex Rojas-Alv. & Karremans
  • Myoxanthus chloe (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer
  • Myoxanthus cimex (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer
  • Myoxanthus claudiana Uribe Vélez, Sauleda & Szlach.
  • Myoxanthus colothrix (Luer) Luer
  • Myoxanthus conceicioensis M.Frey & N.Sanson
  • Myoxanthus congestus (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Soto Arenas (synonym Myoxanthus octomeriae (Schltr.) Luer)
  • Myoxanthus dasyllis Luer & Hirtz
  • Myoxanthus ephelis (Luer) Luer
  • Myoxanthus epibator Luer & R.Escobar
  • Myoxanthus eumeces (Luer) Luer
  • Myoxanthus exasperatus (Lindl.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus fimbriatus Luer & Hirtz
  • Myoxanthus frutex (Schltr.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus georgei (Luer) Luer
  • Myoxanthus gorgon Luer
  • Myoxanthus gyas (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer
  • Myoxanthus herzogii (Schltr.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus hirsuticaulis (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus hystrix (Rchb.f.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus lonchophyllus (Barb.Rodr.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus mejiae (Garay & Dunst.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus melittanthus (Schltr.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus merae (Luer) Luer
  • Myoxanthus monophyllus Poepp. & Endl.
  • Myoxanthus montanus P.Ortiz
  • Myoxanthus neillii Luer & Dodson
  • Myoxanthus octomerioides (Lindl.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus oliviae Kolan. & Szlach.
  • Myoxanthus ortizianus Kolan. & Szlach.
  • Myoxanthus panamensis Rojas-Alv. & Karremans
  • Myoxanthus parahybunensis (Barb.Rodr.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus parvilabius (C.Schweinf.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus pennellius (Luer) Rojas-Alv. & Karremans
  • Myoxanthus priapus Luer
  • Myoxanthus pulvinatus (Barb.Rodr.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus punctatus (Barb.Rodr.) Luer (synonym Myoxanthus seidelii (Pabst) Luer)
  • Myoxanthus reymondii (H.Karst.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus ruschii Fraga & L.Kollmann
  • Myoxanthus sarcodactylae (Luer) Luer
  • Myoxanthus scandens (Ames) Luer
  • Myoxanthus serripetalus (Kraenzl.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus simplicicaulis (C.Schweinf.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus sotoanus Pupulin, Bogarín & Mel.Fernández
  • Myoxanthus trachychlamys (Schltr.) Luer
  • Myoxanthus uxorius (Luer) Luer
  • Myoxanthus werneri Luer
  • Myoxanthus xiphion Luer

References

  1. ↑ Luer, Carlyle A. (1982-08-01). "A reevaluation of the genus myoxanthus (orchidaceae)". Selbyana (Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc.) 7 (1): 35. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41759564. Retrieved 2023-06-11. "Etymology: From the Greek myoxos (μυωξος), "a dormouse," and anthos (ανθος), "flower," referring to some obscure character of the flower.". 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named powo
  3. ↑ Rojas-Alvarado, Gustavo; Blanco, Mario A.; Karremans, Adam P. (2021-06-10). "A taxonomic synopsis and morphological characterization of Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)". Phytotaxa (Magnolia Press) 507 (3): 211. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.507.3.1. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.507.3.1. Retrieved 2023-06-11. "The genus is distributed from southern Mexico throughout Central America to Bolivia and Brazil.". 
  4. ↑ "Myoxanthus Poepp. & Endl.". Kew Science. Heterotypic Synonyms. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327094-2#synonyms. 

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