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Cryptocentrum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Subfamily
  
Epidendroideae

Subtribe
  
Maxillariinae

Order
  
Asparagales

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Tribe
  
Maxillarieae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Cyrtidiorchis, Cryptarrhena, Chaubardia, Plectrophora, Batemannia

Cryptocentrum is a neotropical genus of orchids that grows as far north as Nicaragua and south to Bolivia, with twenty species known to date. The Guayana Region is also fostering two species.

Species

Species currently accepted (May 2014) include:

  1. Cryptocentrum beckendorfii Carnevali - Peru
  2. Cryptocentrum caespitosum Carnevali - Panama
  3. Cryptocentrum calcaratum (Schltr.) Schltr. - Panama, Costa Rica
  4. Cryptocentrum dodsonii Carnevali - Ecuador
  5. Cryptocentrum dunstervilleorum Carnevali & G.A.Romero - Venezuela, Guyana
  6. Cryptocentrum escobarii Carnevali - Colombia
  7. Cryptocentrum flavum Schltr. - Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador
  8. Cryptocentrum gracilipes Schltr. - Panama, Costa Rica
  9. Cryptocentrum gracillimum Ames & C.Schweinf. - Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela
  10. Cryptocentrum hirtzii Dodson - Ecuador
  11. Cryptocentrum inaequisepalum C.Schweinf. - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
  12. Cryptocentrum latifolium Schltr. - Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
  13. Cryptocentrum lehmannii (Rchb.f.) Garay - Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama
  14. Cryptocentrum longipetalum Carnevali - Colombia, Ecuador
  15. Cryptocentrum misasii P.Ortiz & Carnevali - Colombia
  16. Cryptocentrum pergracile Schltr. - Colombia
  17. Cryptocentrum peruvianum (Cogn.) C.Schweinf.
    1. Cryptocentrum peruvianum subsp. dactylinum Carnevali - Ecuador
    2. Cryptocentrum peruvianum subsp. minus (Schltr.) Carnevali - Peru
    3. Cryptocentrum peruvianum subsp. peruvianum - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, possibly Venezuela
  18. Cryptocentrum pseudobulbosum C.Schweinf. - Ecuador, Peru,
  19. Cryptocentrum roseans (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes - Colombia
  20. Cryptocentrum silverstonei Carnevali - Colombia, Ecuador
  21. Cryptocentrum spathaceum Dodson - Colombia, Ecuador
  22. Cryptocentrum standleyi Ames - Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama

References

Cryptocentrum Wikipedia
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