Guarianthe
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| Guarianthe | |
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| Guarianthe skinneri | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
| Alliance: | Cattleya |
| Genus: | Guarianthe Dressler & W.E. Higgins (2003) |
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Guarianthe, abbreviated Gur. in the horticultural trade,[1] is a small genus of epiphytic orchids, growing in wet forests in Central America and northern South America. It was separated from the bifoliate Cattleyas in 2003,[2] based on phylogenetic studies of nuclear DNA sequence data[3]
[edit] Species
- Guarianthe aurantiaca (Bateman) Dressler & W.E. Higgins
- Guarianthe bowringiana (Veitch) Dressler & W.E. Higgins
- Guarianthe patinii (Cogn.) Dressler & W.E. Higgins
- Guarianthe skinneri (Bateman) Dressler & W.E. Higgins
[edit] Natural hybrid
- Guarianthe × guatemalensis (T. Moore) W.E. Higgins = Gur. aurantiaca × Gur. skinneri[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf
- ^ Dressler and Higgins: "Guarianthe, a Generic Name for the “Cattleya” skinneri Complex" Lankesteriana 7(2003)37—38 [1]
- ^ van den Berg et al.: "A Phylogenetic Analysis of Laeliinae (Orchidaceae) based on Sequence Data from Internal Transcribed Spacers (ITS)of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA", Lindleyana 15(2)96—114. 2000. [2]
- ^ http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticulturaldatabase/orchidregister/orchiddetails.asp?ID=72538
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