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134.0000 Family Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30822; hybrids: 1491
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot. 73 (1835)
134.7105 Genus Myrmecophila Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 25: 50 (1917)
Distribution: Central America and Caribbean, south to Venezuela. Separation from Schomburgkia fide HÁGSATER (in litt. 2002)
Species listed in database: 10; hybrids: 3
species :
Myrmecophila brysiana (Lem.) G.C.Kenn.; Orchid Digest 43(6): 210 (1979)
Distribution: Mexico (Quintana Roo, Campeche, ?Tabasco); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; San Andres y Providencia (San Andres, Providencia y Santa Catalina)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Schomburgkia brysiana Lem.; Jard. Fleur. 1(Misc.): 34 (1851)
= Schomburgkia campecheana Kraenzl.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 34: 381 (1903)
species :
Myrmecophila christinae Carnevali & Gómez-Juárez; Harvard Pap. Bot. 5(2): 434 (2001)
Distribution: Mexico (Quintana Roo, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA
variant :
var. ibarrae Carnevali & J.L.Tapia; Harvard Pap. Bot. 5(2): 437 (2001)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan)
79 MEX
species :
Myrmecophila exaltata (Kraenzl.) G.C.Kenn.; Orchid Digest 43(6): 211 (1979)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Schomburgkia exaltata Kraenzl.; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 6: 342 (1926)
= Schomburgkia tibicinis var. exaltata (Kraenzl.) Jones; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 5(1): 41-48 (1965)
species :
Myrmecophila galeottiana (A.Rich.) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia lepidissima Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 4: 72 (1888)
= Laelia galeottiana (A.Rich.) Lindl. ex Heynh.; Alph. Aufz. Gew. 20 (1846)
= Laelia sawyeri L.O.Williams; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 11: 329 (1943)
= Myrmecophila chionodora (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917)
= Myrmecophila chionodora var. kimballiana (Rchb.f.) Kenn.; Orchid Digest 43(6): 204-211 (1979)
= Myrmecophila lepidissima (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917)
= Myrmecophila sanderiana (Rolfe) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917)
= Schomburgkia chionodora Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 25: 73 (1886)
= Schomburgkia chionodora var. kimballiana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 4: 136 (1888)
= Schomburgkia galeottiana A.Rich.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 3: 23 (1845)
= Schomburgkia galeottiana var. chionodora (Rchb.f.) H.G.Jones; Ceiba 14: 10 (1967)
= Schomburgkia galeottiana var. kimballiana (Rchb.f.) H.G.Jones; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 32: 9 (1963)
= Schomburgkia lepidissima Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1889(I): 72 (1889)
= Schomburgkia sanderiana Rolfe; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1891(I): 202, 614 (1891)
= Schomburgkia sawyeri (L.O.Williams) Withner; Cattleyas & Relatives 3: 41 (1993)
species :
Myrmecophila gentryi Szlach. & Kolan.; Mater. Orchid Fl. Colombia 4: 486 (2023)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Myrmecophila grandiflora (Lindl.) Carnevali, J.L.Tapia & I.Ramírez; Harvard Pap. Bot. 6(1): 246 (2001)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Schomburgkia grandiflora (Lindl.) Sander; Sander´s Orch. Guide 222 (1901)
= Schomburgkia tibicinis var. grandiflora Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 31: 31 (1845)
species :
Myrmecophila humboldtii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917)
Distribution: Colombia (La Guajira); N-Venezuela
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia humboldtii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 430 (1861)
= Epidendrum humboldtii Rchb.f.; Linnaea 22: 836 (1850)
= Laelia humboldtii (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams; Darwiniana 5: 77 (1941)
= Schomburgkia humboldtii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 328 (1856)
= Schomburgkia humboldtii var. breviscapa H.G.Jones; Orquideologia 7(1): 11 (1972)
species :
Myrmecophila thomsoniana (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917)
Distribution: Cayman Isl. (Grand Cayman)
81 CAY
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia thomsoniana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 2: 38 (1887)
= Laelia thomsoniana (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams; Darwiniana 5: 77 (1941)
= Myrmecophila albopurpurea (W.H.W.Strachan ex Fawc.) Nir; Orchidaceae Antill. 250 (2000)
= Schomburgkia albopurpurea (W.H.W.Strachan ex Fawc.) Withner; Cattleyas & Relatives 3: 21 (1993)
= Schomburgkia brysiana var. atropurpurea (Hook.f.) H.G.Jones; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 32: 8 (1963)
= Schomburgkia brysiana var. thomsoniana (Rchb.f.) H.G.Jones; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 32: 8 (1963)
= Schomburgkia thomsoniana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 2: 38 (1887)
= Schomburgkia thomsoniana var. albopurpurea W.H.W.Strachan ex Fawc.; Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica 1: 74 (1894)
= Schomburgkia thomsoniana var. atropurpurea Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 7815 (1902)
variant :
var. minor (Strachan ex Fawc.) Dressler; Orquideologia 22(3): 230. 2003 (2003)
Distribution: ?Cuba; Cayman Isl. (Little Cayman, Cayman Brac)
81 CAY
Synonyms: hidden
= Schomburgkia brysiana var. minor H.G.Jones; Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 58 (1966)
= Schomburgkia thomsoniana var. minor Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 128: t. 7815 (1902), nom. illeg.
= Schomburgkia thomsoniana var. minor W.H.W.Strachan ex Fawc.; Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica, n. s., 1: 74 (1894)
species :
Myrmecophila tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC 81 ARU BON CUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 429 (1862)
= Cattleya tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Beer; Prakt. Stud. Orchid. 215 (1854)
= Epidendrum tibicinis Bateman ex Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 8 (1838)
= Laelia tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) L.O.Williams; Darwiniana 5: 77 (1941)
= Schomburgkia brysiana var. intermedia H.G.Jones; Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2A, 46: 244 (1972 publ. 1973)
= Schomburgkia tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Bateman; Orchid. Mexico Guatemala t. 30 (1841)
= Schomburgkia ×intermedia (H.G.Jones) Withner; Cattleyas & Relatives 3: 22 (1993)
species :
Myrmecophila wendlandii (Rchb.f.) G.C.Kenn.; Orchid Digest 43(6): 211 (1979)
Distribution: Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua
80 BLZ GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia wendlandii Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 431 (1861)
= Laelia wendlandii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 431 (1861)
= Schomburgkia wendlandii (Rchb.f.) Brieger; Proc. 3rd World Orch. Conf. 345 (1960)
= Schomburgkia wendlandii (Rchb.f.) H.G.Jones; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 30: 638 (1961)
species :
Myrmecophila ×laguna-guerrerae Carnevali, L.Ibarra & J.L.Tapia; Harvard Pap. Bot. 5(2): 438 (2001)
Distribution: Mexico (Quintana Roo, Yucatan)
79 MEX
Remarks: Myrmecophila christinae x M. brysiana
species :
Myrmecophila ×parkinsoniana (H.G.Jones) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 124 (1314, Suppl.): 38 (2016)
Distribution: Barbados
81 BBD
Remarks: Myrmecophila humboldtii x M. thomsoniana
Synonyms: hidden
= Schomburgkia ×parkinsoniana H.G.Jones; J. Barbados Mus. Hist. Soc. 28: 4 (1960)
species :
Myrmecophila ×rechingeriana (H.G.Jones) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev., Suppl., 124 (1314): 38 (2016)
Distribution: Trinidad
81 TRT
Remarks: Myrmecophila brysiana x M. tibicinis
Synonyms: hidden
= Schomburgkia ×rechingeriana H.G.Jones; Webbia 22: 227 (1967)
= Schomburgkia ×rechingeriana var. superba H.G.Jones; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 14: 67 (1968)
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