Ionopsis

Ionopsis
	Ionopsis utricularioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Ionopsis; Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
Synonyms
	Iantha Hook.; Cybelion Spreng.; Konantzia Dodson & N.H.Williams;

Ionopsis (violet orchid)^[2] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 currently accepted species, native to Latin America, the West Indies, and Florida.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Ionopsis burchellii Rchb.f. - Brazil
Ionopsis minutiflora (Dodson & N.H.Williams) Pupulin - Ecuador
Ionopsis papillosa Pupulin - Ecuador
Ionopsis satyrioides (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America
Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl. - widespread across southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, South America, and Florida
Ionopsis zebrina Kraenzl. - Colombia

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ionopsis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ Flora of North America v 26 p 646, Ionopsis Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 279, plate 83. 1816.
^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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