Caularthron
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| Caularthron | |
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| Caularthron bicornutum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
| Alliance: | Barkeria |
| Genus: | Caularthron Raf. (1837) |
Caularthron Raf. (1837), abbreviated Cau.[1] in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids with 4 species[2]. They are epiphytic orchids with specialized hollow pseudobulbs that house ants. The genus is exclusively found in the neotropics.
Diacrium (Lindl.) Benth. (1881) has been brought into synonymy with Caularthron.
[edit] List of species
- Caularthron amazonicum (Schltr.) H.G.Jones (1968)
- Caularthron bicornutum (Hook.) Raf. (1837) 2n = 40, n = 20.[3]
- Caularthron bilamellatum (Rchb.f.) R.E.Schult. (1958)
- Caularthron kraenzlinianum H.G.Jones (1980
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf downloaded October 3, 2010
- ^ Information retrieved from http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do on October 3, 2010, after enering "Caularthron"
- ^ page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf
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