Koellensteinia
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| Koellensteinia kellneriana, Canaima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Zygopetalinae |
| Genus: | Koellensteinia Rchb.f. |
| Type species | |
| Koellensteinia kellneriana Rchb.f.
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Koellensteinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach for the Captain Carl Kellner von Koellenstein, an Austrian military officer and a botanical correspondent of Reichenbach.[1][2][3]
Distribution and ecology
The genus contains about 19 species native to South America, Belize, Trinidad and Puerto Rico.[4] Terrestrial or epiphytic plants found in low to mid elevation, hill and mountain forests.
Characteristics
Related to Zygopetalum. Stems short, leafy, usually forming pseudobulbs, 1- to 3-leaved. Leaves petiolate, linear to oblong, narrow, pleated, lightly veined. Inflorescence lateral, erect, slender, branched or unbranched, numerous to few-flowered. Flowers small to medium sized, fragrant, yellow or white, barred magenta, rose or violet and suffused pink on the outside. Sepals and petals subsimilar, free, spreading; lip trilobed with spreading or erect, small side lobes, a larger, broad midlobe that is entire or somewhat bilobed and has a bilobed, erect callus. Column with a conspicuous foot, very short, sometimes winged; pollinia 2 or 4.
Cultivation
Require intermediate conditions, moderate shade, and high humidity. The plants can be grown potted in a free-draining bark mixture and should not be allowed to dry out completely for any length of time.
Species
- Koellensteinia abaetana L.P.Queiroz - Bahia
- Koellensteinia altissima Pabst - Bahia, Espírito Santo
- Koellensteinia boliviensis (Rolfe ex Rusby) Schltr. - Bolivia
- Koellensteinia carraoensis Garay & Dunst. - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname
- Koellensteinia eburnea (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. - Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru
- Koellensteinia elegantula Schltr. - Colombia
- Koellensteinia florida (Rchb.f.) Garay - Rio de Janeiro
- Koellensteinia graminea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Puerto Rico, Trinidad, South America as far south as Bolivia
- Koellensteinia graminoides D.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
- Koellensteinia hyacinthoides Schltr. - Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
- Koellensteinia ionoptera Linden & Rchb.f. - Peru, Ecuador
- Koellensteinia kellneriana Rchb.f. - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Colombia, Brazil, Guyana
- Koellensteinia lilijae Foldats - Venezuela
- Koellensteinia lineata (Barb.Rodr.) Garay - Mato Grosso
- Koellensteinia roraimae Schltr. - Venezuela (Mount Roraima)
- Koellensteinia spiralis Gomes Ferreira & L.C.Menezes - Bahia
- Koellensteinia tricolor (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Belize, Guyana, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
See also
References
- ^ Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. Die Wagener'schen Orchideen. in Bonplandia. 1854. see pages 17-18. [1]
- ^ F. Petter. Nekrologisches. in Oesterreichisches botanisches Wochenblatt. volume 2. 1852. page 213 [2]
- ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der freiherrlichen Häuser... Volume 18. page 398. [3]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
- Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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