Biology:Spilotantha

Short description: Genus of orchids

Spilotantha
Spilotantha ferrusii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Pleurothallidinae
Genus:	Spilotantha Luer
Species
About 35, see text
Synonyms
Masdevallia (Amanda) sect. Amandae

Spilotantha is a genus proposed by Carlyle Luer; however, the genus lacks a clear synapomorphy and it is equivalent to Masdevallia subgenus Amanda, section Amandae.

Morphology

• large or small plants the ramicauls are shorter than the coriaceous leaves
• an erect raceme with keeled or crested ovaries usually possessing inflated floral bracts
• species exhibit a series of simultaneously blooming flowers borne by a peduncle with a round cross-section
• sepals are usually long-tailed and variously connected into a shallow cup or arching cylindrical tube
• petals are callous on the lower half and are often denticulate along the margins
• the lip is usually divided by marginal folds

Species

• Spilotantha abbreviata (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Spilotantha alvaroi (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer
• Spilotantha amanda (Rehb.f. & Warsz.) Luer
• Spilotantha anceps (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Spilotantha bulbophyllopsis (Kraenzl.) Luer
• Spilotantha caloptera (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Spilotantha chaetostoma (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha corazonica (Schltr.) Luer
• Spilotantha dalstroemii (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha delphina (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha densiflora (Schltr.) Luer
• Spilotantha dimorphtricha (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Spilotantha ferrusii Luer
• Spilotantha graminea (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha hydrae (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha leathersii (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha lehmannii (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Spilotantha leptoura (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha melanopus (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Spilotantha microsiphon (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha ova-avis (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha pachyura (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Spilotantha polysticta (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Spilotantha porphyrea (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha pozoi (Königer) Luer
• Spilotantha pucherrima (Luer & Andreetta) Luer
• Spilotantha rafaeliana (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha segrex (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Spilotantha sertula (Luer & Andreetta) Luer
• Spilotantha staaliana (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Spilotantha superbiens (Luer & Hirtz) Luer
• Spilotantha tentaculata (Luer) Luer
• Spilotantha tridens (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Spilotantha vittatula (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer
• Spilotantha xanthodactyla (Rchb.f.) Luer
• Spilotantha zygia (Luer & Malo) Luer

References

• Missouri Botanical Garden w³ TROPICOS

Wikidata ☰ Q3307788 entry