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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: 30563; hybrids: 1460
= 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)
134.6823 Genus Peristeria Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 3116 (1831)
Distribution: S-Central America and N-South America
Species listed in database: 10
= Eckartia Rchb.; Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch 53 (1841)
species :
Peristeria aspersa Rolfe; Lindenia 6: 57 t. 267 (1890)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
Remarks: bona sp. fide Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana
species :
Peristeria cerina Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1953 (1836)
Distribution: Panama; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Boyacá); Venezuela (Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Miranda); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhao)
80 PAN 81 TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Lycomormium cerinum (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 321 (1881)
= Lycomormium minus Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 60: 429 (1915)
= Lycomormium serronianum Barb.Rodr.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. 1: 102 (1877)
= Peristeria cerina var. guttata Rchb.f.; (1852)
= Peristeria guttata Knowles & Westc.; Fl. Cab. 2: 99, t. 70 (1838)
= Peristeria guttata var. violacea Josst; Beschr. Cult. Orchid. 334 (1851)
= Peristeria laeta Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 2: 616 (1887)
= Peristeria serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Garay; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 13: 47 (1954)
= Peristeria violacea (Josst) Foldats; Acta Bot. Venez. 3: 394 (1968)
species :
Peristeria cochlearis Garay; Orquideologia 7(4): 199 (1972)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó)
82 CLM
species :
Peristeria elata Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 3116 (1831)
Name: Holy Ghost Orchid
Distribution: El Salvador; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Tolima, Valle del Cauca); Venezuela (Barinas, Trujillo); Ecuador [I]
80 COS ELS PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 ecu
Conservation Status: IUCN I
species :
Peristeria ephippium Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 20: 198 (1883)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Peristeria lindeni Rolfe; Lindenia 7: 83 t. 328 (1891), et Ill. Hort. 39: 121 (1892)
species :
Peristeria esperanzae P.Ortiz; Orquideologia 25(2): 121 (2008)
Distribution: Colombia (Guaviare)
82 CLM
species :
Peristeria leucoxantha Garay; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 13: 46 (1954)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Peristeria oscarii-rodrigoi Archila, Szlach. & Kolan.; Nordic J. Bot. 33(4): 434 (2015)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Peristeria pendula Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 3479 (1836)
Distribution: Panama; Trinidad; Colombia; Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
80 PAN 81 TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Peristeria lentiginosa G.Lodd.Cat. ex W.Baxter; Hort. Brit. [Loudon], Suppl. 3: 604 (1850)
= Peristeria maculata Lindl.; Encycl. Pl. Suppl. 2: 1474 (1874)
= Peristeria rossiana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1889(I): 8 (1889)
species :
Peristeria selligera Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 2: 272 (1887)
Distribution: Guyana
82 GUY
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